Apology

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1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. In what city is Aristotle put on trial?

A. Sparta

B. Corsica

C. Athens

D. Rome

2. Which of these individuals is NOT one of Socrates’s formal accusers?

A. Anytus

B. Chaerephon

C. Lycon

D. Meletus

3. Which playwright does Socrates credit with slandering him as impious and dangerous? (short answer)

4. Which of these is NOT a reason Socrates says he fears his unnamed accusers more than his three formal accusers?

A. They’ve been criticizing him for longer.

B. They are in more prominent positions of society.

C. They are more numerous.

D. They cannot be directly refuted in court.

5. What does the oracle at Delphi tell Chaerephon?

A. There is no one wiser than Socrates.

B. Socrates is destined to be put on trial.