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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What conclusion does Socrates deduce from his arguments in the first part of 66b-72e?
(a) That his wisdom is superior to that of Cebes.
(b) That death is incompatible with wisdom.
(c) That he is right to die without resentment.
(d) That fear leads to death.

5. What does Socrates argue cannot come from the present life in 73a-81a?
(a) Our knowledge of equals.
(b) Our loved ones.
(c) Inequality.
(d) Our memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the philosopher want to be with according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates say most people are ready to do when their loved ones die?

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

4. What does Socrates argue small things come from?

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

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