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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the one recounting the event of Socrates' death feel for him?
(a) Envy.
(b) Nothing.
(c) No pity.
(d) Shame.

2. Who taught Socrates that "Mind" directs and causes everything?
(a) Echecrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Anaxagoras.
(d) Phaedo.

3. How big does Socrates think earth is?
(a) About a thousand miles.
(b) The size of the universe.
(c) Small.
(d) Quite large.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What should a man be concerned about according to Socrates?

2. What should the philosopher avoid according to Socrates?

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

4. What does the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?

5. What does Simmias tell Socrates about the ideas of the Just, the Beautiful and the Good?

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