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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates argue learning is?
(a) Recollection.
(b) Easy.
(c) For men only.
(d) Hard.

2. Who wasn't present at Socrates' death according to the account?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Plato.
(c) Critobulus.
(d) Menexenus.

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

4. What does Socrates say must the soul use to see clearly?
(a) The upper section of the brain.
(b) A small part of the body.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Luck.

5. What does Socrates argue a man following philosophy would receive?
(a) Political power.
(b) Eternal life.
(c) A headache.
(d) Great blessing.

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

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

8. How does the man recounting Socrates' death qualify it?
(a) Common.
(b) Painless.
(c) Quick.
(d) Astonishing.

9. What does Simmias think of Cebes arguments about the man that answers correctly?
(a) He is convinced.
(b) He wants to claim them as his own.
(c) He is not satisfied.
(d) He want more time to think about them.

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

11. Who does the account of Socrates' death say were present beside Socrates' friends?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Members of the Senate.
(c) Some strangers.
(d) The undertaker.

12. What might be an obstacle to acquiring knowledge according to Socrates?
(a) The body.
(b) Cebes.
(c) Women.
(d) Bad teachers.

13. What does Socrates argue cannot be attained without escaping the body?
(a) Pure angst.
(b) Pure love.
(c) Pure knowledge.
(d) Pure respect.

14. Who recounts Socrates' death at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Antisthenes.
(b) Phaedo.
(c) Menexenus.
(d) Cebes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is recollection produced by according to Socrates?

2. According to Socrates, what equal never is?

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

4. Why was Socrates held prior to dying, according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?

5. When do we lose knowledge, according to Socrates?

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