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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates drink, according to Echecrates?
(a) Tea.
(b) Hemlock.
(c) Water.
(d) Mercury.

2. How did Socrates die according to the account of the event?
(a) Crying.
(b) In pain.
(c) Holding his wife's hand.
(d) Without fear.

3. What does Socrates believe something in existence will lead us away from in 66b-72e?
(a) Greed.
(b) Confusion of senses.
(c) Prison.
(d) Ignorance.

4. Why was Socrates held prior to dying, according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) A religious ceremony.
(b) A voting day.
(c) A senate meeting.
(d) A battle with Sparta.

5. What does Socrates argue small things come from?
(a) From men.
(b) From larger things.
(c) From the afterworld.
(d) From even smaller things.

6. What does Socrates say most people are ready to do when their loved ones die?
(a) Learn philosophy.
(b) Die.
(c) Move on.
(d) Go to the underworld.

7. What does Socrates argue that we must have learned what we know recollect imply?
(a) Recollecting past memories can be done with hypnotism.
(b) No need to learn anything now.
(c) Souls preexist our bodies.
(d) Teaching philosophy is not pointless.

8. What does Socrates argue about our knowledge of Greater, smaller, Beautiful, Good, Justice and Pious?
(a) It is perfect.
(b) It is incomplete.
(c) We recollect them from a period before the body.
(d) We cannot recollect them after 20 years of age.

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

10. What condition does Cebes put forth for Socrates' conclusion to be valid?
(a) One cannot commit suicide.
(b) The soul lives after death.
(c) The gods allow you to die properly.
(d) Socrates needs to be happy to die.

11. Who will Socrates say he will join in death?
(a) His students.
(b) The gods.
(c) Good men.
(d) His friends that passed.

12. How do things appear when perceived by the senses according to Socrates?
(a) Partly equal.
(b) Unequal.
(c) Equal.
(d) Imperfectly equal.

13. When can brave men face death according to Socrates?
(a) When they take on philosophy.
(b) When they leave Athens.
(c) When they are wonded in battle.
(d) When they fear greater evil.

14. What type of men resent dying according to Cebes?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Wise.
(d) Pious.

15. What does the body do according to Socrates?
(a) Distract from love.
(b) Enslaves.
(c) Ruins hope.
(d) Liberates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who doesn't deserve to live according to the masses?

2. What does Socrates say must the soul use to see clearly?

3. What is the goal of a philosopher according to Socrates?

4. Who had to be led away during Socrates' trial?

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

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