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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates argue dead things come from?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) Living things.
(c) War.
(d) The sea.

2. What was Socrates feeling according to the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Resigned.

3. What did Socrates feel when he said that the one teaching about the "Mind" was not applying his own teachings?
(a) Angry.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Surprised.

4. What is the destination of the soul determined by according to Socrates?
(a) How much was donated to the poor.
(b) The earthly behavior.
(c) The astrological sign.
(d) The gods.

5. Where does Socrates think the people of earth dwell?
(a) In its oceans.
(b) In the hollows of the earth.
(c) On its surface.
(d) In his caves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say often yields faulty conclusions?

2. What does the soul reason best without according to Socrates?

3. Who wants to hear Socrates' argument that the soul appears immortal?

4. What does Socrates think earth balanced in the middle of?

5. How did Socrates die according to the account of the event?

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