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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 107c - 115e.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Socrates starting to discuss after abandoning his thinking of empirical causes?
(a) Consequences.
(b) Himself.
(c) Formal causes.
(d) Effects.

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

4. What does Socrates think earth is?
(a) A large tube holding the heavens.
(b) A sphere in the middle of the heavens.
(c) A cube supported by a turtle.
(d) A flat circle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates think earth balanced in the middle of?

2. What does Socrates argue small things come from?

3. Where do the ones that lived an average life go after death according to Socrates?

4. Who does Socrates argue are good masters?

5. What should the philosopher avoid according to Socrates?

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