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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?
(a) Being generous, loved and respected.
(b) Food, drink and sex.
(c) Power, sex and influence.
(d) Food, drink and political power.

2. What is the destination of the soul determined by according to Socrates?
(a) The gods.
(b) The astrological sign.
(c) The earthly behavior.
(d) How much was donated to the poor.

3. What does fear and terror make men brave beside of?
(a) Senators.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Women.
(d) Warriors.

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

5. What is recollection produced by according to Socrates?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Similarity.
(c) Luck.
(d) The brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should Socrates resent dying according to Cebes?

2. What did the one recounting the event of Socrates' death feel for him?

3. What does Socrates say about philosophers at the start of 62d -66a?

4. What does Socrates argue we can identify in 73a-81a?

5. Who owns men according to 62c?

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