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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 107c - 115e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who directs harmony according to Socrates' argument?
(a) The lyre.
(b) Gods.
(c) Muses.
(d) The harp.

2. Who owns men according to 62c?
(a) The country.
(b) The gods.
(c) The court system.
(d) Women.

3. Who guides each man to the next station after death?
(a) His soul knows where to go.
(b) The gods.
(c) His guardian spirit.
(d) His dead family.

4. Who had to be led away during Socrates' trial?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Xanthippe.
(c) Antisthenes.
(d) Aeschines.

5. What does Socrates think of the cause of things?
(a) He is far from knowing the cause of things.
(b) He learned the cause of things from the gods.
(c) It is useful for the soul.
(d) He forgot the cause of things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be achieved in death that could not be achieved in life according to Socrates?

2. What doesn't earth need to prevent it from falling?

3. What does Socrates say of death in 107c-115e?

4. What does the soul have when it leaves the body according to Socrates?

5. What does the body do according to Socrates?

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