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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) Desperation.
(b) Renunciation.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

2. Who claimed to have been with Socrates when he died at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Giton.
(c) Plato.
(d) Cebes.

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

4. Who will Socrates say he will join in death?
(a) His students.
(b) The gods.
(c) His friends that passed.
(d) Good men.

5. What is the only way to truly achieve virtue according to Socrates?
(a) Reflection.
(b) Fear.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Socrates die according to the account of the event?

2. What does the body do to the soul according to Socrates' argument in 66b-72e?

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

4. What was Socrates feeling according to the start of "Phaedo"?

5. What can be achieved in death that could not be achieved in life according to Socrates?

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