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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 the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?
(a) Their fate depends on the gods.
(b) They die.
(c) They go to the afterworld.
(d) They are reincarnated.

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

3. Who was present for Socrates' death according to the men at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) A good many of Socrates' friends.
(b) A good many of Socrates' enemies.
(c) Only the judge and executor.
(d) The Athenian senate.

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

5. What conclusion does Socrates draw from his argument concerning the goal of a philosopher?
(a) Philosophers should leave Athens and never come back.
(b) Philosophers should not talk out of place.
(c) Philosophers should not resent death.
(d) Philosophers should create a school of their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claimed to have been with Socrates when he died at the start of "Phaedo"?

2. Who agrees with Cebes' views on death according to 62d?

3. What does Socrates argue a man following philosophy would receive?

4. Why are moderates amongst the masses also moderate out of fear according to Socrates?

5. What is clearer to the soul than the body according to Socrates?

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