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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates decide he should write before his death?
(a) Poetry.
(b) A novel.
(c) A plea for his life.
(d) A letter to his students.

2. What question does Socrates ask Simmias in 62d-66a?
(a) If he can counter his previous argument.
(b) If he can take care of his wife.
(c) If he believes in death.
(d) If he believes in god.

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

4. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?
(a) Food, drink and sex.
(b) Power, sex and influence.
(c) Food, drink and political power.
(d) Being generous, loved and respected.

5. Who does Socrates tell Cebes to relate his final writing to?
(a) Plato.
(b) His mother.
(c) Evenus.
(d) Phaedo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are "the Eleven" according to Phaedo?

2. What does Socrates say the philosopher separates?

3. Who doesn't deserve to live according to the masses?

4. What does Socrates say about philosophers at the start of 62d -66a?

5. Who had to be led away during Socrates' trial?

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