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In the Apology, Socrates is on the trial for practicing philosophy.
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True
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According to Socrates, he has three sets of accusers.
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False
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Socrates was a teacher who accepted fees for teaching.
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False
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Socrates thinks it is a very fine thing to be able to teach someone, and he thinks that the elders in his community are the best teachers.
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False
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Socrates immediately believed the Pythia's response to Chaerephon's question.
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False
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As Socrates questioned his fellow Athenians, he soon realized that he was making as many friends as he was enemies.
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False
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According to Socrates, as soon as he would find out that someone was not wise, he would assist the god by trying to show the person that he was not.
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True
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The only thing that Socrates is accused of is corrupting the young.
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False
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The Sophists were unpaid traveling teachers.
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False
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The Sophists main concern was with rhetoric or the art of persuasion, but they were also concerned with truth and genuine knowledge.
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False
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Plato's main form of writing- the Socratic dialogue- was written in question-answer format.
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True
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According to Socrates, the unexamined life is not worth living.
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True
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During the penalty phase of his trial, Socrates proposes that he should have to pay a hefty fine.
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False
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Philosophy came into existence as the Greeks realized their dissatisfaction with scientific explanations of reality.
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False
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Thales maintained that everything in the universe is made of water and returns to water, and he used supernatural explanations to demonstrate his point.
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False
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