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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the soul have when it leaves the body according to Socrates?
(a) Education and upbringing.
(b) Needs and regrets.
(c) Education and envy.
(d) Angst and envy.

2. What does the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?
(a) Their fate depends on the gods.
(b) They die.
(c) They go to the afterworld.
(d) They are reincarnated.

3. How does course and moderation see death according to Socrates' argument?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Unavoidable.
(c) Good.
(d) Evil.

4. Who was present for Socrates' death according to the men at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) The Athenian senate.
(b) A good many of Socrates' enemies.
(c) A good many of Socrates' friends.
(d) Only the judge and executor.

5. What does Simmias think of knowledge about the next life?
(a) It is easy to gain.
(b) The dead have it.
(c) Everyone has it.
(d) It is difficult to gain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is better than divine doctrine concerning the next life according to Simmias?

2. Who does Socrates argue are good masters?

3. What does Socrates say of the fullest soul?

4. What position does Simmias accept concerning the soul?

5. What must first happen to those who die according to Socrates?

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