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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 argue cannot be attained without escaping the body?
(a) Pure angst.
(b) Pure respect.
(c) Pure knowledge.
(d) Pure love.

2. Why should Socrates resent dying according to Cebes?
(a) He still has too much to do.
(b) His wife and child need him.
(c) Dying does not bring fame.
(d) God protects his possessions.

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

4. Who are "the Eleven" according to Phaedo?
(a) Socrates' best students.
(b) The Senate palace guards.
(c) The police commissioners of Athens.
(d) Socrates' best friend.

5. What is clearer to the soul than the body according to Socrates?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Reality.
(c) Fantasm.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Socrates tell Cebes to relate his final writing to?

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

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

5. What conclusion does Socrates deduce from his arguments in the first part of 66b-72e?

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