1st quiz
Plato: Apology
CORRECT ANSWERS
1.
What is
one of the charges against Socrates?
He
corrupted the youth.
2.
What is
the other charge against Socrates?
He
committed acts of impiety.
3.
In response to a question from Socrates' student Chaerephon, the oracle of Apollo at Delphi declared that
No
one was wiser than Socrates
4.
As a result of his questioning of politicians, poets,
and craftsmen, Socrates concluded that
His
own wisdom consisted in realizing that he was ignorant
5.
Socrates compares the Athenians to a sluggish horse
and himself to a horsefly (gadfly). The point of the comparison is that
The
god has placed Socrates in Athens to awaken the Athenians
6.
Socrates states that he has never taken part in
politics because
A
divine voice told him not to
7.
How did Socrates show by his actions that the risk of
death is unimportant to him in his example of the service to the Council and
the trial of the ten generals?
He
was the only council member who argued against trying the ten generals en bloc.
8.
After the verdict, both the prosecution and the
defense proposed punishments. Socrates' proposal was
Free
meals at public expense
9.
What is
Socrates' punishment
Death
10.
In the last of his three speeches, Socrates states
that death
Brings
either oblivion or continued existence in Hades
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