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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wasn't present at Socrates' death according to the account?
(a) Critobulus.
(b) Menexenus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Phaedo.

2. Who will Socrates say he will join in death?
(a) Good men.
(b) The gods.
(c) His students.
(d) His friends that passed.

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

4. What does Socrates say often yields faulty conclusions?
(a) The senses.
(b) Men.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Young students.

5. Who agrees with Cebes' views on death according to 62d?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Echecrates.
(d) Simmias.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was present for Socrates' death according to the men at the start of "Phaedo"?

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

3. What did Socrates drink, according to Echecrates?

4. How did Socrates die according to the account of the event?

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

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