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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 Philosophy tell men about the senses?
(a) To withdraw from them.
(b) To enjoy them.
(c) To love them.
(d) To embrace them.

2. What is the only way to truly achieve virtue according to Socrates?
(a) Death.
(b) Reflection.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Fear.

3. What analogy does Simmias abandon in 88c-95a?
(a) Philosophy/maturity.
(b) Love/hate.
(c) Harp/harmony.
(d) Life/death.

4. Where do the ones that lived an average life go after death according to Socrates?
(a) Cocytus.
(b) Acheron.
(c) Oceanus.
(d) Pyriphlegethon.

5. What did "the Eleven" tell Socrates according to the account?
(a) The names of his accusers.
(b) How he would die.
(c) That he would be freed the next day.
(d) What his crimes are.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the account of his death, how did Socrates lived his life?

2. How big does Socrates think earth is?

3. What are the heavens according to Socrates?

4. Why are the souls wandering the earth according to Socrates?

5. Who wants to hear Socrates' argument that the soul appears immortal?

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