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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 is the term for realizing that one's expectations are too high?
(a) Dysphasia.
(b) Disgruntled.
(c) Disillusionment.
(d) Dystopia.

2. What did Crito want Socrates to do?
(a) Make peace with his relatives.
(b) Attempt to escape from prison.
(c) Appeal his sentence before it was too late.
(d) Spend time with his family before his death.

3. What was the reason for what happened to Socrates after his trial?
(a) One of Socrates' friends, who betrayed him.
(b) The judge who presided over his trial reconsidered the sentencing.
(c) An Athenian practice which had nothing to do with Socrates.
(d) One of his family members interfered with his sentencing.

4. How did Phaedo describe Socrates' execution?
(a) Horrifying.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Unfair.
(d) Heart-wrenching.

5. What did the Pythagoreans like to explore?
(a) The motivations of the gods.
(b) The ways in which deity could be found to manifest itself in everyday life.
(c) The physical and scientific causes of things.
(d) The spiritual and intellectual characteristics of man.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Crito and Socrates, is it just to harm another person if it is purely in retaliation?

2. Where did Socrates' dialogue with Crito take place?

3. What is misanthropy?

4. How can a person avoid all disappointment, according to Socrates?

5. According to Socrates' friends, what happens when someone learns something?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates say about misanthropy and "mislogic"?

2. What does Crito want Socrates to do?

3. What is the setting of Book 4?

4. What does Tarrant use as an example to illustrate the differences in mentality, in this section, regarding death and suicide?

5. What is the setting of the Phaedo?

6. What is the "transmigration of souls"?

7. What was the Pythagorean school of thought?

8. What is the philosophical subject of Book 4?

9. What were the ancient Greeks' beliefs regarding the afterlife?

10. How does Crito attempt to persuade Socrates?

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