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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two characters are talking at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Plato and Socrates.
(b) Phaedo and Echecrates.
(c) Phaedo and Plato.
(d) Socrates and Echecrates.

2. What argument does Cebes agree with at the start of 73a-81a?
(a) Philosophy is the savior of mankind.
(b) Dying is good.
(c) Souls of the dead exit.
(d) Hemlock is painless.

3. According to Socrates, what does the philosopher hate most?
(a) The body.
(b) Other philosophers.
(c) His brain.
(d) His senses.

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

5. How does the man recounting Socrates' death qualify it?
(a) Astonishing.
(b) Quick.
(c) Common.
(d) Painless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Socrates held prior to dying according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?

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

3. What does Socrates say often yields faulty conclusions?

4. What does Simmias tell Socrates about the ideas of the Just, the Beautiful and the Good?

5. What is recollection produced by according to Socrates?

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