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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Socrates trying to convince with his arguments about the immortality of the soul?
(a) Simmias.
(b) Himself.
(c) Cebes.
(d) Phaedo.

2. What conclusion does Socrates draw from his argument concerning the goal of a philosopher?
(a) Philosophers should create a school of their own.
(b) Philosophers should leave Athens and never come back.
(c) Philosophers should not talk out of place.
(d) Philosophers should not resent death.

3. What does Socrates say a bravery should not be a response to?
(a) Love.
(b) Renunciation.
(c) Fear.
(d) Desperation.

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

5. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?
(a) Being generous, loved and respected.
(b) Food, drink and political power.
(c) Food, drink and sex.
(d) Power, sex and influence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the start of 88c-95a say about what Phaedo and others thought of Socrates' arguments?

3. What does Socrates say the philosopher separates?

4. Where was Socrates held prior to dying according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?

5. What does Simmias think of knowledge about the next life?

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