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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 115a - 118a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion does Socrates deduce from his arguments in the first part of 66b-72e?
(a) That fear leads to death.
(b) That death is incompatible with wisdom.
(c) That he is right to die without resentment.
(d) That his wisdom is superior to that of Cebes.

2. According to the account of his death, how did Socrates lived his life?
(a) With great respect for it.
(b) As dangerously as he could.
(c) With the blessing of the gods.
(d) Without any fear of tomorrow.

3. What ways do things exist according to Socrates?
(a) Visible and invisible.
(b) Wet and dry.
(c) Spicy and bland
(d) Small and large.

4. What does Socrates think earth balanced in the middle of?
(a) The heavens.
(b) Water.
(c) Ether.
(d) A homogeneous substance.

5. What does Simmias tell Socrates about the ideas of the Just, the Beautiful and the Good?
(a) He never saw them.
(b) He applies them every day.
(c) Only children can follow them.
(d) They are for women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Socrates decide to pursue the arts according to his conversation with Cebes?

2. How do things appear when perceived by the senses according to Socrates?

3. What does Philosophy tell men about the senses?

4. What happen after the soul reaches and is accepted at the next station after death?

5. What does Socrates say a bravery should not be a response to?

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