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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 62d - 66a.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wasn't present at Socrates' death according to the account?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Plato.
(c) Critobulus.
(d) Menexenus.

3. Who doesn't deserve to live according to the masses?
(a) Those who follow Socrates.
(b) The senate members.
(c) The Spartans.
(d) Those who take little pleasure in the body.

4. Who claimed to have been with Socrates when he died at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Giton.
(c) Plato.
(d) Cebes.

5. What does the soul reason best without according to Socrates?
(a) The brain.
(b) Help.
(c) Luck.
(d) Senses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should a man be concerned about according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates argue philosophy would allow a man to face with a happy face?

3. Who agrees with Cebes' views on death according to 62d?

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

5. Who owns men according to 62c?

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