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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 62d - 66a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the soul reason best without according to Socrates?
(a) The brain.
(b) Luck.
(c) Help.
(d) Senses.

2. What happens according to Socrates when one examine things by the body?
(a) He can't use his body after.
(b) He can't conclude anything.
(c) He sees the truth.
(d) He is deceived.

3. What is the goal of a philosopher according to Socrates?
(a) To practice for death and dying.
(b) To speak the truth.
(c) To avoid confrontation with the law.
(d) To avoid dying.

4. Who does Socrates tell Cebes to relate his final writing to?
(a) Plato.
(b) Evenus.
(c) Phaedo.
(d) His mother.

5. Who had to be led away during Socrates' trial?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Antisthenes.
(c) Xanthippe.
(d) Aeschines.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who claimed to have been with Socrates when he died at the start of "Phaedo"?

3. What does Socrates say about philosophers at the start of 62d -66a?

4. Who does the recount of Socrates' conversation with Cebes tell us was Socrates writing in honor of before his death?

5. What might be an obstacle to acquiring knowledge according to Socrates?

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