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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the heavens according to Socrates?
(a) Fire.
(b) The air.
(c) The water.
(d) The ground.

3. What does Socrates argue learning is?
(a) Hard.
(b) Recollection.
(c) For men only.
(d) Easy.

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

5. Who walks the path to Hades easily according to Socrates?
(a) Souls who follow Socrates' teachings.
(b) Lost souls.
(c) Well ordered souls.
(d) Souls who remember the trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates say cannot contain a harmony?

3. Who owns men according to 62c?

4. Who doesn't deserve to live according to the masses?

5. Who does the account tell was present during Socrates' trial beside his friends?

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