Study Questions for
Plato's
Apology
1. Is the Apology an apology? Explain
what you mean by your answer.
2. If you had to divide the Apology into three
or four segments, what would those sections be? What happens in each part?
3. Socrates speaks of two sorts of accusers
the old and the recent. Which does he think are the more dangerous? Why?
4. What (and where, i.e., stephanus
numbers) are the main charges against Socrates?
5. What is his answer to each charge?
6. Socrates says at stephanus
30c that if the Athenians kill him they will be harming themselves more
than him. What are his reasons for saying this, do you think?
7. What do you think Socrates means by his
"divine sign" (daimon)?
8. What does Socrates feel that he deserves
for his behavior?
9. Why does Socrates refer to himself as a
gadfly? What do you think he means by this metaphor?
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