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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does the philosopher want to be with according to Socrates?
(a) Himself.
(b) His family.
(c) His students.
(d) His friends.

4. What does the body do according to Socrates?
(a) Enslaves.
(b) Liberates.
(c) Ruins hope.
(d) Distract from love.

5. What does Simmias tell Socrates about the ideas of the Just, the Beautiful and the Good?
(a) Only children can follow them.
(b) He applies them every day.
(c) He never saw them.
(d) They are for women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the account of Socrates' death say were present beside Socrates' friends?

3. Who claimed to have been with Socrates when he died at the start of "Phaedo"?

4. What question does Socrates ask Simmias in 62d-66a?

5. Who agrees with Cebes' views on death according to 62d?

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