Chapter 02 Self Quiz

. Socrates tells Crito that he should attempt to break out of prison if and only if doing so would be

to his advantage.

harmful to his enemies and advantageous to his friends.

pleasing to the gods.

just.

. Socrates and Crito are engaged primarily in what type of inquiry?

normative

descriptive

meta-ethical

psychological

. Which of the following is NOT one of Socrates’s reasons for refusing to escape?

To disobey a legal judgment rendered by the proper authorities is to undermine the city as a whole.

He is guilty of the charges raised against him.

An unjust life is not worth living.

Citizens owe even more respect and deference to the state that nurtures them than they do to their own parents.

. Which of the following would Socrates identify as the greatest evil?

one’s own death

the deaths of loved ones

suffering injustice

committing injustice

. Socrates claims that breaking out of prison would be wrong because

it would amount to breaking his agreements.

it would put his friends in danger.

it would put his family in danger.

people would lose respect for him.

. Socrates believes that allowing the Athenians to carry out his unjust sentence would do serious harm to society.

True

False

. In the Crito, Socrates claims that it is permissible to commit injustice in return for injustice.

True

False

. Socrates tells Crito that by choosing to live in a city, one agrees to live by its laws.

True

False

. Socrates would rather have been sentenced to exile than to death.

True

False

. By the end of the dialogue, Socrates seems to have persuaded Crito that escaping would be unjust.

True

False

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