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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 the body do to the soul according to Socrates' argument in 66b-72e?
(a) It supersedes it.
(b) It kills it.
(c) It contaminates it.
(d) It supports it.

2. 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 be impure.
(d) It might die.

3. What is better than divine doctrine concerning the next life according to Simmias?
(a) Socrates' doctrine.
(b) Knowing nothing.
(c) Discovering it firsthand.
(d) The best of men's theories.

4. What does purification consist of according to Socrates?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Cleansing.
(d) Renunciation.

5. What does Socrates argue cannot be attained without escaping the body?
(a) Pure angst.
(b) Pure love.
(c) Pure respect.
(d) Pure knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to things Socrates says he knew before?

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

3. What did the people present with Socrates think of his argument according to Phaedo?

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

5. Why are moderates amongst the masses also moderate out of fear according to Socrates?

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