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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom do the souls that wander the earth belong according to Socrates?
(a) To women.
(b) To good men.
(c) To politicians.
(d) To inferior men.

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

3. What is Socrates looking into to answer Cebes' question?
(a) Why the soul is blind.
(b) Why things came to be and perished.
(c) Why things live so long.
(d) Why the soul is harmony.

4. Who claimed to have been with Socrates when he died at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Plato.
(c) Giton.
(d) Cebes.

5. Who does the philosopher want to be with according to Socrates?
(a) His students.
(b) Himself.
(c) His friends.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the body do to the soul according to Socrates' argument in 66b-72e?

2. What can Form not admit, according to Socrates?

3. Why is the soul in a poor state after it leaves the body according to Socrates?

4. Who does the account tell was present during Socrates' trial beside his friends?

5. What does Socrates say the philosopher separates?

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