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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 the recount of Socrates' conversation with Cebes tell us was Socrates writing in honor of before his death?
(a) Sparta.
(b) The god of the festival.
(c) Apollo and Venus.
(d) His mother.

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

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

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

5. What does Socrates argue learning is?
(a) For men only.
(b) Recollection.
(c) Easy.
(d) Hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the body do according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates argue dead things come from?

3. What is clearer to the soul than the body according to Socrates?

4. When do we lose knowledge, according to Socrates?

5. What does Cebes argue is the logical conclusion of a man always giving the right answer?

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