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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say of death in 107c-115e?
(a) It is final.
(b) It does not escape everything.
(c) It is quick and painless.
(d) It just the start of a new journey.

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

3. What topic does Socrates discuss to answer Cebes question?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Physics.
(d) Natural science.

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

5. What does philosophy surrender to from time to time?
(a) To contemplation.
(b) To passion.
(c) To the body.
(d) To fear.

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

7. What position does Simmias accept concerning the soul?
(a) It is not necessarily composite.
(b) It has several facets.
(c) It is mortal.
(d) It cannot learn.

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

9. Why are the souls wandering the earth according to Socrates?
(a) Being perfect.
(b) Being infidel.
(c) Deceiving people.
(d) Poor upbringing.

10. Where does Socrates think the people of earth dwell?
(a) In the hollows of the earth.
(b) In his caves.
(c) On its surface.
(d) In its oceans.

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

12. Where do the ones that lived an average life go after death according to Socrates?
(a) Acheron.
(b) Pyriphlegethon.
(c) Cocytus.
(d) Oceanus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates think of desires?

2. What is good to believe before dying according to Socrates?

3. What was Socrates aware of according to Phaedo?

4. What does Socrates think of the cause of things?

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

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