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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Socrates feeling according to the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Fearful.

2. Why did Socrates decide to pursue the arts according to his conversation with Cebes?
(a) He wasn't good at anything else.
(b) A dream told him to.
(c) His mother told him to.
(d) He was rejected from medical school.

3. What question does Socrates ask Simmias in 62d-66a?
(a) If he can take care of his wife.
(b) If he believes in god.
(c) If he believes in death.
(d) If he can counter his previous argument.

4. Who claimed to have been with Socrates when he died at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Cebes.
(b) Plato.
(c) Giton.
(d) Phaedo.

5. Who owns men according to 62c?
(a) The court system.
(b) The country.
(c) Women.
(d) The gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ways do things exist according to Socrates?

2. Who will the imprisonment of the body and ignorance be revealed to according to Socrates?

3. What does Socrates say cannot be attained as long as the body and the soul are fused?

4. What does Socrates argue cannot come from the present life in 73a-81a?

5. Who recounts Socrates' death at the start of "Phaedo"?

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