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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say most people are ready to do when their loved ones die?
(a) Learn philosophy.
(b) Die.
(c) Go to the underworld.
(d) Move on.

2. What does Anaxagoras appeal to to explain causes?
(a) Local causes.
(b) Effects.
(c) The will of men.
(d) The gods.

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

4. Who will the imprisonment of the body and ignorance be revealed to according to Socrates?
(a) Lovers of learning.
(b) Lovers of the body.
(c) Lovers of truth.
(d) Lovers of ignorance.

5. What does Socrates argue is not possible without wisdom?
(a) Love.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Fear.
(d) Virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates decide to consider after abandoning his thinking of empirical causes?

2. According to Socrates, what must genuine lovers of learning become?

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

4. What does Philosophy tell men about the senses?

5. When can brave men face death according to Socrates?

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