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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 66b - 72e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say a bravery should not be a response to?
(a) Renunciation.
(b) Fear.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Love.

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

3. What type of men resent dying according to Cebes?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Pious.
(d) Wise.

4. How did Socrates die according to the account of the event?
(a) Without fear.
(b) In pain.
(c) Crying.
(d) Holding his wife's hand.

5. Who doesn't deserve to live according to the masses?
(a) The senate members.
(b) Those who take little pleasure in the body.
(c) Those who follow Socrates.
(d) The Spartans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates, what does the philosopher hate most?

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

3. What does the body do according to Socrates?

4. Why did Socrates decide to pursue the arts according to his conversation with Cebes?

5. What does Socrates argue small things come from?

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