1. What is Crito's first argument that Socrates should escape from prison?  What is Socrates' initial response?
2. What do Crito and Socrates think about the opinion of the majority?
3. What additional reasons does Crito give to argue that Socrates should escape?
4. Explain Socrates' analysis of Crito's first argument.
5. Socrates responds to Crito's other concerns by focusing on a single question. What is it?
6. Socrates and Crito agree that it is never right to injure anyone. Do you agree? Can you think of any exceptions?
7. In Socrates' imagined conversation with the laws of Athens, what is the nature of the agreement between them and Socrates?
8. What two options does one have in response to disagreeable commands of the state?
9. What other opportunity does the state offer citizens who wish to dissolve this agreement?
10. What evidence do "the laws" provide that Socrates agreed to abide by Athenian laws?
11. According to "the laws" what other harms will come to Socrates, his friends, and his family if he escapes?
12. Does escaping for the sake of Socrates' children make sense to him?  Why/Why not?
13. According to "the laws" how might the decision Socrates makes about escaping affect him in the afterlife?