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

2. Which two characters are talking at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Phaedo and Plato.
(b) Plato and Socrates.
(c) Phaedo and Echecrates.
(d) Socrates and Echecrates.

3. When do we lose knowledge, according to Socrates?
(a) Before 30 years old.
(b) Before 50 years old.
(c) Before 10 years old.
(d) At birth.

4. What does Socrates argue that we must have learned what we know recollect imply?
(a) Teaching philosophy is not pointless.
(b) No need to learn anything now.
(c) Recollecting past memories can be done with hypnotism.
(d) Souls preexist our bodies.

5. Who agrees with Cebes' views on death according to 62d?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Echecrates.
(d) Simmias.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say the body is responsible for?

2. What are course and moderation part of according to Socrates?

3. What condition does Cebes put forth for Socrates' conclusion to be valid?

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

5. Why did Socrates decide to pursue the arts according to his conversation with Cebes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates argue about two sticks or two stones?

2. What must man do in order to attain pure knowledge?

3. When Socrates was on trial, what happened to his wife?

4. At the beginning of 62d-66a, what does Socrates maintain about the philosopher?

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

6. What does Cebes ask about committing suicide and what does Socrates admit?

7. What does recollection imply about similarity?

8. Why was Socrates held in jail before his execution?

9. How do things exist and what does this explain about the two parts of the body?

10. What does Socrates say opposites contain?

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