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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is virtue according to Socrates?
(a) Harmony.
(b) A necessity to the body.
(c) Soul.
(d) Unnecessary to die.

2. What is Socrates starting to discuss after abandoning his thinking of empirical causes?
(a) Himself.
(b) Formal causes.
(c) Effects.
(d) Consequences.

3. What does Socrates argue dead things come from?
(a) War.
(b) Living things.
(c) The afterlife.
(d) The sea.

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

5. According to Socrates, what does the philosopher hate most?
(a) Other philosophers.
(b) The body.
(c) His brain.
(d) His senses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big does Socrates think earth is?

2. Who wants to hear Socrates' argument that the soul appears immortal?

3. What is there no greater evil than according to Socrates?

4. What topic does Socrates discuss to answer Cebes question?

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

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