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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 88c - 95a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates argue dead things come from?
(a) The sea.
(b) Living things.
(c) War.
(d) The afterlife.

2. What does Socrates say the philosopher separates?
(a) The men and the women.
(b) The grain from the hay.
(c) The body and the soul.
(d) Family and business.

3. What should a man be concerned about according to Socrates?
(a) His family.
(b) His riches.
(c) The state of his soul.
(d) His political power.

4. Where was Socrates held prior to dying according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) In Sparta.
(b) In jail.
(c) At home.
(d) In a temple.

5. What condition does Cebes put forth for Socrates' conclusion to be valid?
(a) The gods allow you to die properly.
(b) Socrates needs to be happy to die.
(c) The soul lives after death.
(d) One cannot commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the account of Socrates' death say were present beside Socrates' friends?

2. Which two characters are talking at the start of "Phaedo"?

3. What groups can no one join if they have not practiced philosophy and do not leave this life pure?

4. What is Socrates wondering about the state of the soul when it leaves the body at the start of 81b-88b?

5. What does Socrates believe something in existence will lead us away from in 66b-72e?

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