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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say a bravery should not be a response to?
(a) Renunciation.
(b) Love.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Fear.

2. What type of men resent dying according to Cebes?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Pious.
(d) Wise.

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

4. What are course and moderation part of according to Socrates?
(a) Love.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Hatred.

5. What conclusion does Socrates draw from his argument concerning the goal of a philosopher?
(a) Philosophers should not talk out of place.
(b) Philosophers should leave Athens and never come back.
(c) Philosophers should create a school of their own.
(d) Philosophers should not resent death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does course and moderation see death according to Socrates' argument?

2. What does Socrates say often yields faulty conclusions?

3. How does the man recounting Socrates' death qualify it?

4. What does Socrates think is the highest form of art according to his conversation with Cebes?

5. What condition does Cebes put forth for Socrates' conclusion to be valid?

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