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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 107c - 115e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates decide to consider after abandoning his thinking of empirical causes?
(a) The value of a senator's soul.
(b) Consider matters through his soul alone.
(c) The truth behind harmony.
(d) How the soul escapes the body.

2. What does Socrates think earth is?
(a) A sphere in the middle of the heavens.
(b) A large tube holding the heavens.
(c) A cube supported by a turtle.
(d) A flat circle.

3. What should the philosopher avoid according to Socrates?
(a) Women.
(b) Bodily passions.
(c) Poison.
(d) Politics.

4. What happen after the soul reaches and is accepted at the next station after death?
(a) They educate themselves.
(b) A guide brings them back to earth.
(c) They wait for a new body.
(d) They are guided to heaven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say cannot be attained as long as the body and the soul are fused?

2. What are course and moderation part of according to Socrates?

3. What is Socrates starting to discuss after abandoning his thinking of empirical causes?

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

5. What are the heavens according to Socrates?

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