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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Phaedo and Echecrates want from Socrates in 88c-95a?
(a) That he tries a new poison.
(b) That he does not kill himself.
(c) That he changes topic.
(d) More arguments that the soul survives the body.

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

4. What does Socrates argue the soul lacks?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Disharmony.
(c) Love.
(d) Foresight.

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

6. What does Socrates say should not make one hate argument?
(a) Being wrong.
(b) The difficulty.
(c) The ease.
(d) The rebuttal.

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

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

9. What means does Socrates say allows beautiful things to be called beautiful?
(a) The soul.
(b) The Beautiful.
(c) The reality.
(d) The imagination.

10. What is there no greater evil than according to Socrates?
(a) Hating reasonable discourse.
(b) Politics.
(c) Hating philosophy.
(d) Commerce.

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

12. What was Socrates aware of according to Phaedo?
(a) That Phaedo didn't trust him.
(b) The need for more arguments.
(c) That it was time to die.
(d) That he needed to leave Athens.

13. Who will the imprisonment of the body and ignorance be revealed to according to Socrates?
(a) Lovers of the body.
(b) Lovers of learning.
(c) Lovers of truth.
(d) Lovers of ignorance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What we must do for all time according to Socrates at the start of 107c-115e?

2. Who is impressed by Socrates' arguments at the start of 95b-107b?

3. What does Socrates say cannot contain a harmony?

4. What does Socrates conclude at the end of 88c-95a?

5. According to Socrates, what must genuine lovers of learning become?

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