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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 81b - 88b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates argue cannot be attained without escaping the body?
(a) Pure love.
(b) Pure respect.
(c) Pure knowledge.
(d) Pure angst.

2. What does philosophy surrender to from time to time?
(a) To the body.
(b) To fear.
(c) To passion.
(d) To contemplation.

3. What does Socrates say the philosopher separates?
(a) The men and the women.
(b) The grain from the hay.
(c) The body and the soul.
(d) Family and business.

4. What condition does Cebes put forth for Socrates' conclusion to be valid?
(a) Socrates needs to be happy to die.
(b) The gods allow you to die properly.
(c) The soul lives after death.
(d) One cannot commit suicide.

5. In "Phaedo", what is the abstract fact about the world that makes it true that two sticks are of the same type?
(a) Similar.
(b) Identical.
(c) Equal.
(d) Almost the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is better than divine doctrine concerning the next life according to Simmias?

2. What do the ones that fear death love more than wisdom according to Socrates?

3. Who doesn't deserve to live according to the masses?

4. Who does the recount of Socrates' conversation with Cebes tell us was Socrates writing in honor of before his death?

5. What was Socrates feeling according to the start of "Phaedo"?

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