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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Simmias think of Cebes arguments about the man that answers correctly?
(a) He is not satisfied.
(b) He want more time to think about them.
(c) He is convinced.
(d) He wants to claim them as his own.

3. Who had to be led away during Socrates' trial?
(a) Xanthippe.
(b) Antisthenes.
(c) Aeschines.
(d) Phaedo.

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

5. How do things appear when perceived by the senses according to Socrates?
(a) Imperfectly equal.
(b) Equal.
(c) Unequal.
(d) Partly equal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns men according to 62c?

2. What does Socrates say about philosophers at the start of 62d -66a?

3. What does the body do to the soul according to Socrates' argument in 66b-72e?

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

5. In "Phaedo", what is the abstract fact about the world that makes it true that two sticks are of the same type?

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