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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Socrates feeling according to the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Fearful.

3. What does Socrates argue philosophy would allow a man to face with a happy face?
(a) War.
(b) Death.
(c) Writing.
(d) Mathematics.

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

5. Who doesn't deserve to live according to the masses?
(a) The Spartans.
(b) The senate members.
(c) Those who take little pleasure in the body.
(d) Those who follow Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the account tell was present during Socrates' trial beside his friends?

2. What happens according to Socrates when one examine things by the body?

3. What is the goal of a philosopher according to Socrates?

4. What does purification consist of according to Socrates?

5. According to the account of his death, how did Socrates lived his life?

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