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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doesn't Socrates have time for in 107c-115e?
(a) Tell another story.
(b) Explain why he is going to die.
(c) Eat with his friends.
(d) Defend his beliefs.

2. What does the soul have when it leaves the body according to Socrates?
(a) Angst and envy.
(b) Education and upbringing.
(c) Needs and regrets.
(d) Education and envy.

3. What does Socrates think of desires?
(a) They are good for the body.
(b) They are ignored by the philosopher.
(c) They are a trap.
(d) They should not be given to women.

4. What does Philosophy tell men about the senses?
(a) To enjoy them.
(b) To withdraw from them.
(c) To embrace them.
(d) To love them.

5. Why is the soul in a poor state after it leaves the body according to Socrates?
(a) By being ignorant.
(b) By being unable to escape.
(c) By losing his virtue.
(d) By being associated with the body.

6. What did the people present with Socrates think of his argument according to Phaedo?
(a) They think they need more polishing.
(b) They think they are good.
(c) They think they are overbearing.
(d) They think they are unsubstantiated.

7. What should the philosopher avoid according to Socrates?
(a) Politics.
(b) Poison.
(c) Women.
(d) Bodily passions.

8. What analogy does Simmias abandon in 88c-95a?
(a) Love/hate.
(b) Harp/harmony.
(c) Philosophy/maturity.
(d) Life/death.

9. What is happening to things Socrates says he knew before?
(a) They are proving to be wrong.
(b) Most of them are false.
(c) They are clearer than ever.
(d) He becomes blind to them.

10. What question does Cebes ask Socrates concerning the soul's long existence?
(a) Why think it controls the body?
(b) Why think it is immortal?
(c) Why think it can live without the body?
(d) Why think it can die?

11. What is weaker than the lyre according to Socrates?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fear.
(d) Harmony.

12. What souls hover over the earth according to Socrates?
(a) Those attached to the body.
(b) Souls that are looking over loved ones.
(c) Recently dead souls.
(d) Those not educated enough.

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

14. According to Socrates, what must genuine lovers of learning become?
(a) Moderate and brave.
(b) Brave in face of fear.
(c) Lovers of the body.
(d) Philosophers.

15. What groups can no one join if they have not practiced philosophy and do not leave this life pure?
(a) Contemplatives.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates think earth is?

2. What does Socrates say would be harmed if he thinks about empirical causes further?

3. Who walks the path to Hades easily according to Socrates?

4. What will philosophy free according to Socrates?

5. How big does Socrates think earth is?

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