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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 66b - 72e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?
(a) Food, drink and sex.
(b) Being generous, loved and respected.
(c) Power, sex and influence.
(d) Food, drink and political power.

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

3. What did Socrates decide he should write before his death?
(a) A novel.
(b) Poetry.
(c) A letter to his students.
(d) A plea for his life.

4. How does course and moderation see death according to Socrates' argument?
(a) Unavoidable.
(b) Evil.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Good.

5. What did "the Eleven" tell Socrates according to the account?
(a) The names of his accusers.
(b) How he would die.
(c) What his crimes are.
(d) That he would be freed the next day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was present for Socrates' death according to the men at the start of "Phaedo"?

3. What does the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?

4. Who will Socrates say he will join in death?

5. What do the ones that fear death love more than wisdom according to Socrates?

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