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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "Phaedo", what is the abstract fact about the world that makes it true that two sticks are of the same type?
(a) Almost the same.
(b) Equal.
(c) Identical.
(d) Similar.

4. According to Socrates, what does the philosopher hate most?
(a) His brain.
(b) His senses.
(c) Other philosophers.
(d) The body.

5. What does Socrates believe something in existence will lead us away from in 66b-72e?
(a) Confusion of senses.
(b) Prison.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be compared by using reference to knowledge of the perfect form?

2. What does Socrates say the philosopher separates?

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

4. What does Socrates argue philosophy would allow a man to face with a happy face?

5. What does Cebes argue a man can always answer correctly?

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