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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 purification consist of according to Socrates?
(a) Renunciation.
(b) Love.
(c) Cleansing.
(d) Death.

2. What groups can no one join if they have not practiced philosophy and do not leave this life pure?
(a) Enlightened.
(b) Gods.
(c) Contemplatives.
(d) Lawyers.

3. What should the philosopher avoid according to Socrates?
(a) Poison.
(b) Bodily passions.
(c) Women.
(d) Politics.

4. What does Socrates argue we can identify in 73a-81a?
(a) When two things are equal.
(b) When we are ready to die.
(c) When we are happy.
(d) When philosophy is right.

5. What is clearer to the soul than the body according to Socrates?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Reality.
(c) Fantasm.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates think is the highest form of art according to his conversation with Cebes?

2. Who recounts Socrates' death at the start of "Phaedo"?

3. What type of men resent dying according to Cebes?

4. According to Socrates, what do the ones who love wisdom desire?

5. What did the one recounting the event of Socrates' death feel for him?

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