Crito Overview Quiz - eNotes.com

Socrates feels that he should abide by the laws because...

Question Answer Choices he is told to do so. he signed an agreement when he came of age. he will be punished otherwise. he has agreed to an implicit contract by living in Athens.

Socrates believes that justice is...

Question Answer Choices less important than the body. as important as the body. more important than the body. an abstract concept unrelated to the laws in any way.

To Socrates, avoidance of a large evil does not justify commiting a small evil because...

Question Answer Choices committing an evil deed harms others as well as the one who commits the deed. he's afraid of getting caught by the courts. he doesn't want to burden his friends. he doesn't want others to judge him for committing an evil.

At the beginning of the dialogue, Crito tells Socrates that he is worried that...

Question Answer Choices people will think he's a loser. people who do not know them will think that he did not want to pay to save Socrates. people will think badly of him for having a cowardly tutor. people will think he was unable to convince Socrates to run away.

With whom does Socrates have an imaginary dialogue?

Question Answer Choices The Laws of the Underworld The Laws of Athens The Laws of Nature The Laws of Democracy

Crito's final words in the dialogue convey that...

Question Answer Choices he refuses to accept Socrates's conclusion. he does not have the money to bail Socrates out of jail. he ultimately understands and agrees with Socrates. he realizes Socrates's stubborness will never allow him to be convinced to leave.

To what city does Crito suggest Socrates flee?

Question Answer Choices Lacedaemon Crete Sparta Thessaly

Ultimately, Socrates stays in the prison because of...

Question Answer Choices his frailty and inability to escape. the chains that the guards have placed around his ankles. his desire to lead a just and honorable life. the lack of a back-up plan once he leaves Athens.

If Socrates's sons were to go to another city-state, what would they lose?

Question Answer Choices Their right to an inheritence Their sense of justice Their ability to enter the underworld Their Athenian citizenship

How will most other city-states probably view Socrates if he escapes?

Question Answer Choices As a law-breaker and a threat to their society As a wise teacher As a hero who represents justice As a nobody who will never amount to anything