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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 81b - 88b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will Socrates say he will join in death?
(a) His friends that passed.
(b) His students.
(c) The gods.
(d) Good men.

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 die.
(b) It might not be knowledgeable.
(c) It might be impure.
(d) It might be lost.

3. Who does the account tell was present during Socrates' trial beside his friends?
(a) The chairman of the senate.
(b) His sons.
(c) His first student.
(d) His wife and child.

4. Who wants to hear Socrates' argument that the soul appears immortal?
(a) Simmias.
(b) Cebes.
(c) Phaedo.
(d) Echecrates.

5. What happens according to Socrates when one examine things by the body?
(a) He can't conclude anything.
(b) He can't use his body after.
(c) He sees the truth.
(d) He is deceived.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could a glutton return as according to Socrates?

2. What conclusion does Socrates draw from his argument concerning the goal of a philosopher?

3. What conclusion does Socrates deduce from his arguments in the first part of 66b-72e?

4. What does Simmias think of Cebes arguments about the man that answers correctly?

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

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