SparkNotes: Euthyphro: Review Quiz

Where does this dialogue take place?

(A) The Lyceum

(B) The Porch of the King Archon

(C) The Temple of Apollo

(D) The Gymnasium

Who of the following has NOT killed anybody?

(A) Euthyphro's father

(B) Genghis Khan

(C) Euthyphro's servant

(D) Euthyphro's hired hand

Which of the following has Meletus NOT accused Socrates of?

(A) Charging a fee for his teaching

(B) Inventing new deities

(C) Corrupting the youth

(D) Not recognizing the established gods

Which of the following is NOT part of the description of Meletus?

(A) He's not very smart

(B) He has a hooked nose

(C) He's an unknown

(D) He has a sparse beard

How does Socrates suggest Euthyphro might help him in his case against Meletus?

(A) Euthyphro could speak in Socrates' defense

(B) Euthyphro could persuade Meletus to drop his charges

(C) Euthyphro could teach Socrates about the art of rhetoric

(D) Euthyphro could teach Socrates about religious matters

Which of the following is NOT the father or son of one of the others?

(A) Zeus

(B) Uranus

(C) Hesiod

(D) Kronos

Why does Socrates not accept Euthyphro's definition that prosecuting criminals is holy?

(A) Because prosecuting criminals can often be an unholy act

(B) Because there are other acts which are also holy

(C) Because Euthyphro doesn't specify what kind of criminals should be prosecuted

(D) Because Euthyphro doesn't specify what kind of punishment these criminals deserve

What is the elenchus?

(A) A state of perplexity

(B) Cross-examination

(C) Deductive proof

(D) The Theory of Forms

On which of the following questions might the gods disagree, according to Socrates?

(A) The relationship between the legs of a right triangle and its hypotenuse

(B) Plato's Theory of Forms

(C) Whether or not it is just to punish one's father

(D) The distance between Athens and Sparta

On what grounds do we argue over whether or not someone should be punished, according to Socrates?

(A) We disagree about whether or not the person committed the crime as stated

(B) We disagree about whether or not that crime warrants punishment

(C) We disagree about whether or not that crime warrants so harsh a punishment

(D) We disagree about whether the person prosecuting has any right to prosecute, given the circumstances.

Which of the following claims is Euthyphro NOT committed to?

(A) Something is approved of by the gods because it gets approved of by the gods

(B) Something gets approved of by the gods because it is holy

(C) What is holy is what is approved of by the gods

(D) Something is holy because it is approved of by the gods

Which of the following is an unwanted consequence of Euthyphro's reasoning?

(A) Something is approved of by the gods because it is holy

(B) Something gets approved of by the gods because it is holy

(C) What is holy is what is approved of by the gods

(D) Something is approved of by the gods because it gets approved of by the gods

What's the relationship between being x and getting x?

(A) Something is being x because it is getting x

(B) Something is getting x because it is being x

(C) Being x and getting x are equivalent

(D) Nothing that is being x is ever getting x

Which of the following is NOT offered by Euthyphro as a definition of holiness?

(A) Holiness is persecuting religious offenders

(B) Holiness is serving the gods

(C) Holiness is loving your fellow person

(D) Holiness is what is approved of by the gods

Which of the following relationships does Euthyphro think is UNlike the relationship between gods and men?

(A) The groom-horse relationship

(B) The shipbuilder's servant-shipbuilder relationship

(C) The slave-master relationship

(D) The soldier-general relationship

Why do the gods want our sacrifices, according to Euthyphro?

(A) They need them to survive

(B) They find them gratifying

(C) They benefit from them

(D) They use them as objects of trade

Which of the following two definitions prove to be similar? (A) Holiness is persecuting religious criminals, (B) Holiness is what the gods find agreeable, (C) Holiness is what is approved of by all the gods, (D) Holiness is a matter of gratifying the gods.

(A) (A) and (C)

(B) (B) and (D)

(C) (C) and (D)

(D) (B) and (C)

How does the dialogue end?

(A) Euthyphro gets frustrated and leaves

(B) Socrates posits the Form of Holiness as that which all holy deeds have in common

(C) Euthyphro acknowledges his ignorance and asks Socrates to teach him more

(D) Euthyphro accuses Socrates of impiety and calls him to court