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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 88c - 95a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say most people are ready to do when their loved ones die?
(a) Die.
(b) Move on.
(c) Go to the underworld.
(d) Learn philosophy.

2. What does Socrates say the body is responsible for?
(a) Angst and ignorance.
(b) War and discord.
(c) Pleasure and envy.
(d) Love and respect.

3. Who does Socrates argue are good masters?
(a) The senate.
(b) Athens' military.
(c) Women.
(d) His gods.

4. What does the body do to the soul according to Socrates' argument in 66b-72e?
(a) It supersedes it.
(b) It supports it.
(c) It contaminates it.
(d) It kills it.

5. What argument does Cebes agree with at the start of 73a-81a?
(a) Dying is good.
(b) Hemlock is painless.
(c) Souls of the dead exit.
(d) Philosophy is the savior of mankind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two characters are talking at the start of "Phaedo"?

2. What does fear and terror make men brave beside of?

3. Where was Socrates held prior to dying according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?

4. What does Socrates say of the fullest soul?

5. What does Socrates say should not make one hate argument?

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