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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 73a - 81a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates drink, according to Echecrates?
(a) Water.
(b) Hemlock.
(c) Tea.
(d) Mercury.

2. What is recollection produced by according to Socrates?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Luck.
(c) The brain.
(d) Similarity.

3. What does Socrates argue that we must have learned what we know recollect imply?
(a) No need to learn anything now.
(b) Souls preexist our bodies.
(c) Recollecting past memories can be done with hypnotism.
(d) Teaching philosophy is not pointless.

4. What do the ones that fear death love more than wisdom according to Socrates?
(a) Love.
(b) His family.
(c) The body.
(d) Philosophy.

5. Who does the account of Socrates' death say were present beside Socrates' friends?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Some strangers.
(c) Members of the Senate.
(d) The undertaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might be an obstacle to acquiring knowledge according to Socrates?

2. What did Socrates decide he should write before his death?

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

4. What question does Socrates ask Simmias in 62d-66a?

5. How do things appear when perceived by the senses according to Socrates?

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