Plato's Phaedo Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Plato's Phaedo Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Socrates, what equal never is?
(a) Seen by threes.
(b) Small.
(c) Trees.
(d) Unequal.

2. In "Phaedo", what is the abstract fact about the world that makes it true that two sticks are of the same type?
(a) Almost the same.
(b) Identical.
(c) Similar.
(d) Equal.

3. What does Socrates argue small things come from?
(a) From men.
(b) From even smaller things.
(c) From the afterworld.
(d) From larger things.

4. Who owns men according to 62c?
(a) The gods.
(b) The court system.
(c) The country.
(d) Women.

5. What does Socrates argue is not possible without wisdom?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Fear.
(d) Love.

6. Who recounts Socrates' death at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Cebes.
(b) Antisthenes.
(c) Menexenus.
(d) Phaedo.

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

8. Where was Socrates held prior to dying according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) In jail.
(b) In a temple.
(c) At home.
(d) In Sparta.

9. What does the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?
(a) They go to the afterworld.
(b) They die.
(c) Their fate depends on the gods.
(d) They are reincarnated.

10. What can be achieved in death that could not be achieved in life according to Socrates?
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Quiet.

11. What does Socrates believe something in existence will lead us away from in 66b-72e?
(a) Prison.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Confusion of senses.
(d) Greed.

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

13. What is the only way to truly achieve virtue according to Socrates?
(a) Death.
(b) Reflection.
(c) Fear.
(d) Wisdom.

14. What are course and moderation part of according to Socrates?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Love.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Wisdom.

15. What can be compared by using reference to knowledge of the perfect form?
(a) Gods.
(b) Partly equal things.
(c) Unequal things.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?

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

3. How does course and moderation see death according to Socrates' argument?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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