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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 95b - 107b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Form not admit, according to Socrates?
(a) That the soul is immortal.
(b) That Socrates holds the truth.
(c) That it is wrong.
(d) Opposites.

2. What is weaker than the lyre according to Socrates?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fear.
(d) Harmony.

3. What does Simmias think of knowledge about the next life?
(a) The dead have it.
(b) It is difficult to gain.
(c) It is easy to gain.
(d) Everyone has it.

4. What did Socrates feel when he said that the one teaching about the "Mind" was not applying his own teachings?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Surprised.

5. What is Socrates wondering about the state of the soul when it leaves the body at the start of 81b-88b?
(a) It might not be knowledgeable.
(b) It might be lost.
(c) It might die.
(d) It might be impure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the ones that fear death love more than wisdom according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates say most people are ready to do when their loved ones die?

3. What means does Socrates say allows beautiful things to be called beautiful?

4. What is the destination of the soul determined by according to Socrates?

5. What does Socrates think of the cause of things?

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