The Last Days of Socrates Quiz Questions | Quiz: Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 2, The Phaedo Continued

Quiz: Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 2, The Phaedo Continued

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What did Socrates and his partner realize, via their debate with their friends, about the nature of truth?
a) If the truth is different from what one previously believed, there will be individual, and perhaps societal, ramifications which must be dealt with.
b) What they hope the truth to be is not necessarily what it actually is.
c) All answers are correct.
d) Knowing the truth, with certainty, when one finds it is problematic.

2. Who was on Socrates' team in the debate at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?
a) Crito.
b) Simmias.
c) Cebes.
d) Phaedo.

3. What new activity did Socrates try while in prison?
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