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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 73a - 81a.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the goal of a philosopher according to Socrates?
(a) To avoid dying.
(b) To speak the truth.
(c) To avoid confrontation with the law.
(d) To practice for death and dying.

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

4. What is clearer to the soul than the body according to Socrates?
(a) Women.
(b) Fantasm.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Reality.

5. What argument does Cebes agree with at the start of 73a-81a?
(a) Dying is good.
(b) Hemlock is painless.
(c) Souls of the dead exit.
(d) Philosophy is the savior of mankind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is recollection produced by according to Socrates?

2. Who does the recount of Socrates' conversation with Cebes tell us was Socrates writing in honor of before his death?

3. What does Socrates argue is not possible without wisdom?

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

5. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?

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