READING QUIZ TWO THE PRE-SOCRATIC
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CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ According to natural law theory, what is the basis of human rights?
Answer: According to natural law theory, human rights are based on the
general idea that anything artificial is bad.
According to natural law theory, human rights are based on the decrees
of democratically elected legislatures.
According to natural law theory, human rights are based on the
judgments of wise rulers.
--> None of the above.
⩥ In the Apology, Socrates asks the Athenians to do the following:
Answer: give him free meals for the rest of his life.
⩥ Which of the following reflects something that you have learned,
either from the lecture or from the text, about the Oracle at Delphi?
Answer: The Oracle at Delphi was a religious site where people went to
seek more or less occult information that was personally important to
them.
,The Oracle at Delphi was asked whether anyone was wiser than
Socrates.
The Oracle at Delphi said that no one was wiser than Socrates.
--> All of the above.
⩥ Socrates presented his defense to a jury comprised of Athenian
citizens. Who was qualified to be a citizen in the Athenian democracy at
that time? Answer: Only males who were not slaves.
⩥ After Socrates offered his own suggestion about the penalty, the court
reached its own judgment. What was it? Answer: Death by poison.
⩥ Which of the following is included in the reasoning offered by
Socrates to Crito concerning his conclusion that he should not try to
escape from prison?? Answer: He had had a lifetime of opportunity to
leave Athens and its way of life before, but he had always chosen to stay.
He would be betraying Athens if he left.
⩥ The main reason Socrates offers to Crito about why he will not try to
escape from prison is Answer: he felt that the laws of Athens should be
revered and upheld.
, ⩥ W.T. Jones describes Lycurgus, the legendary creator of Spartan law,
as having established an extremely tough and militaristic society, even
while it was dedicated to preserving the power of the aristocracy. Which
of the following was among the laws regulating the freeborn citizens of
Sparta? Answer: Lycurgus forbade his citizens to have anything at all to
do with the concerns of money-making.
⩥ W.T. Jones mentions that Plato grew up during the latter years of the
Peloponnesian War. When was that war? Answer: 431-404 B.C.
⩥ Jones mentioned that one of the major clues to the ancient Greek
conception of life is their admiration for the virtue of "sophrosyne".
Which of the following represents the character traits involved in the
idea of "sophrosyne"? Answer: Moderation.
Being able to keep the passions in check.
Being able to maintain an internal self-imposed discipline.
--> All of the above.
⩥ Jones says that the particular rules for success that were taught by the
various Sophists depended to a considerable extent on their individual
temperaments. What was the view, for example, of Thrasymachus on
this subject? Answer: He argued that might makes right.
SOPHOS CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ According to natural law theory, what is the basis of human rights?
Answer: According to natural law theory, human rights are based on the
general idea that anything artificial is bad.
According to natural law theory, human rights are based on the decrees
of democratically elected legislatures.
According to natural law theory, human rights are based on the
judgments of wise rulers.
--> None of the above.
⩥ In the Apology, Socrates asks the Athenians to do the following:
Answer: give him free meals for the rest of his life.
⩥ Which of the following reflects something that you have learned,
either from the lecture or from the text, about the Oracle at Delphi?
Answer: The Oracle at Delphi was a religious site where people went to
seek more or less occult information that was personally important to
them.
,The Oracle at Delphi was asked whether anyone was wiser than
Socrates.
The Oracle at Delphi said that no one was wiser than Socrates.
--> All of the above.
⩥ Socrates presented his defense to a jury comprised of Athenian
citizens. Who was qualified to be a citizen in the Athenian democracy at
that time? Answer: Only males who were not slaves.
⩥ After Socrates offered his own suggestion about the penalty, the court
reached its own judgment. What was it? Answer: Death by poison.
⩥ Which of the following is included in the reasoning offered by
Socrates to Crito concerning his conclusion that he should not try to
escape from prison?? Answer: He had had a lifetime of opportunity to
leave Athens and its way of life before, but he had always chosen to stay.
He would be betraying Athens if he left.
⩥ The main reason Socrates offers to Crito about why he will not try to
escape from prison is Answer: he felt that the laws of Athens should be
revered and upheld.
, ⩥ W.T. Jones describes Lycurgus, the legendary creator of Spartan law,
as having established an extremely tough and militaristic society, even
while it was dedicated to preserving the power of the aristocracy. Which
of the following was among the laws regulating the freeborn citizens of
Sparta? Answer: Lycurgus forbade his citizens to have anything at all to
do with the concerns of money-making.
⩥ W.T. Jones mentions that Plato grew up during the latter years of the
Peloponnesian War. When was that war? Answer: 431-404 B.C.
⩥ Jones mentioned that one of the major clues to the ancient Greek
conception of life is their admiration for the virtue of "sophrosyne".
Which of the following represents the character traits involved in the
idea of "sophrosyne"? Answer: Moderation.
Being able to keep the passions in check.
Being able to maintain an internal self-imposed discipline.
--> All of the above.
⩥ Jones says that the particular rules for success that were taught by the
various Sophists depended to a considerable extent on their individual
temperaments. What was the view, for example, of Thrasymachus on
this subject? Answer: He argued that might makes right.
