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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who speaks through the Oracle?
(a) God.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) King.
(d) Socrates.

2. With whom has Socrates conversed?
(a) Judge.
(b) Older men.
(c) Town leaders.
(d) God.

3. What item is Socrates accused of "inventing"?
(a) Doctrine.
(b) Gold.
(c) Gods.
(d) Truth.

4. What is unusual about Socrates' references to God?
(a) God is still forming.
(b) Entity is pluralized.
(c) Socrates has seen him.
(d) There isn't one.

5. Who inspires the state?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) God.
(d) Athena.

6. What did those people want to know?
(a) How to question the beliefs of others.
(b) How to start their own philosophical movement.
(c) How to spin straw into gold.
(d) How to see God.

7. What is the setting in Dialogue 2?
(a) Porch.
(b) Court.
(c) Living room.
(d) Prison.

8. Socrates has no fear of which of the following?
(a) Death.
(b) Hell.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Prison.

9. What is another word for all-knowing?
(a) Omnipresent.
(b) Omnipotent.
(c) Ubiquitous.
(d) Omniscient.

10. Whose voice must always be right?
(a) Socrates' voice.
(b) Plato's voice.
(c) Oracle's voice.
(d) Court's voice.

11. Socrates is often referred to as being what kind of man?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Cowardly.
(c) Strong.
(d) Wise.

12. Socrates' opposition says that the philosopher is a(n):
(a) Conman.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Liar.
(d) Conundrum.

13. What is another term meaning "dear"?
(a) "Sweetheart."
(b) "Child."
(c) "Loved."
(d) "Cherished."

14. To whom does the place belong?
(a) King Archon.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Athenian Council.

15. One common theme is the lack of _______________.
(a) Individualism.
(b) Motive.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could have given Socrates a better verdict?

2. What does Socrates lack in reference to punishment in the eyes of the court?

3. What was often attributed to the gods?

4. Death is a cause for _____________.

5. What is another word for "ideal"?

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