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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. When Phaedo first arrives at the prison, what is Socrates doing?
(a) Speaking to the guards.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Crying like a madman.
(d) Meditating.

2. What is Crito's relationship to Socrates?
(a) Crito is a wealthy disciple of Socrates.
(b) Crito is Socrates' cousin
(c) Crito is a Sophist, one of Socrates' enemies.
(d) Crito is a jail guard.

3. With whom does Socrates discuss the education of soldiers and philosophers?
(a) Meno.
(b) Adeimantus.
(c) Glaucon.
(d) Agathon.

4. What is an aristocracy?
(a) Rule by a family.
(b) Rule by the elite.
(c) Rule by the millitary.
(d) Rule by poor.

5. Which subject should be taught last in Socrates' curriculum?
(a) Dialectic (the study of reasoning).
(b) Ontology (study of being).
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following scenarios, according to Socrates, would most likely give rise to a tyrannical government?

2. Who is Cebes?

3. Why is Phaedo important?

4. In his discussion of education, Socrates says that arithmetic, geometry, and physics are worthwhile pursuits for which two groups of people?

5. From Socrates' point of view, the philosopher is __________ than the tyrant.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are poets dangerous, according to Socrates?

2. Why can't the common man see the world like the philosopher, according to Socrates?

3. How does Socrates argue that it is unlawful to break out of prison?

4. How is the entire Apology an example of Socratic wisdom in practice?

5. What, does Socrates think, is the best form of government?

6. Why does Socrates think that the forms of government are like forms in the human soul?

7. What happens to the soul after it is dead, according to Socrates?

8. Which trumps the other, according to Socrates, the laws of Athens or the gods?

9. Why is democracy dangerous, according to Socrates?

10. Why does Socrates think philosophers make the best rulers?

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