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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does purification consist of according to Socrates?
(a) Death.
(b) Renunciation.
(c) Love.
(d) Cleansing.

2. What happens according to Socrates when one examine things by the body?
(a) He sees the truth.
(b) He is deceived.
(c) He can't conclude anything.
(d) He can't use his body after.

3. What should a man be concerned about according to Socrates?
(a) His riches.
(b) The state of his soul.
(c) His political power.
(d) His family.

4. What is recollection produced by according to Socrates?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) The brain.
(c) Similarity.
(d) Luck.

5. Who does Socrates argue are good masters?
(a) Athens' military.
(b) Women.
(c) His gods.
(d) The senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are course and moderation part of according to Socrates?

2. What does Simmias think of knowledge about the next life?

3. What do Socrates' friends do as he drinks the poison?

4. Who owes a cock to Asclepius according to Socrates?

5. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?

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