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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion does Socrates deduce from his arguments in the first part of 66b-72e?
(a) That his wisdom is superior to that of Cebes.
(b) That death is incompatible with wisdom.
(c) That fear leads to death.
(d) That he is right to die without resentment.

2. What does Socrates say must the soul use to see clearly?
(a) Luck.
(b) A small part of the body.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) The upper section of the brain.

3. Who wants to hear Socrates' argument that the soul appears immortal?
(a) Echecrates.
(b) Simmias.
(c) Phaedo.
(d) Cebes.

4. What does Socrates argue learning is?
(a) Easy.
(b) Recollection.
(c) Hard.
(d) For men only.

5. What does the soul reason best without according to Socrates?
(a) Help.
(b) The brain.
(c) Luck.
(d) Senses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Simmias tell Socrates about the ideas of the Just, the Beautiful and the Good?

3. In "Phaedo", what is the abstract fact about the world that makes it true that two sticks are of the same type?

4. According to Socrates, what equal never is?

5. What does purification consist of according to Socrates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates say about the gods at the end of 57a-62c?

2. What does Socrates claim are not the great goods of life?

3. What does Socrates state about the fusion of body and soul at the beginning of 66b-72e?

4. What, according to Socrates, does not come from the body and what does the body cause?

5. On the day Socrates was to die, who did Socrates stand before and why?

6. What does Socrates believe about freedom and what does this mean for the philosopher

7. What does Socrates say should be the one goal of the philosopher?

8. What does Socrates argue about opposites from opposites?

9. What does Socrates say to defend death?

10. What do Socrates and Cebes discuss about the composite and non-composite?

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