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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 must the soul use to see clearly?
(a) The upper section of the brain.
(b) Reasoning.
(c) Luck.
(d) A small part of the body.

2. Who owns men according to 62c?
(a) The court system.
(b) The gods.
(c) Women.
(d) The country.

3. According to Socrates, what do the ones who love wisdom desire?
(a) Learn wisdom from Socrates.
(b) Marry and have children to test them.
(c) Ignore wisdom until they die.
(d) Be where true wisdom is.

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

5. What does purification consist of according to Socrates?
(a) Death.
(b) Cleansing.
(c) Love.
(d) Renunciation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Socrates held prior to dying according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?

2. What does Socrates say often yields faulty conclusions?

3. What did the one recounting the event of Socrates' death feel for him?

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

5. According to Socrates, what does the philosopher hate most?

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