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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is good to believe before dying according to Socrates?
(a) The gods love you.
(b) The soul survives death.
(c) Dying is not painful.
(d) Your friend can find you in the afterlife.

2. What are the heavens according to Socrates?
(a) Fire.
(b) The air.
(c) The ground.
(d) The water.

3. What is Socrates wondering about the state of the soul when it leaves the body at the start of 81b-88b?
(a) It might be impure.
(b) It might not be knowledgeable.
(c) It might die.
(d) It might be lost.

4. What does Socrates argue the good soul is?
(a) A philosopher's.
(b) Contemplative.
(c) Harmonized.
(d) Fearful.

5. Who taught Socrates that "Mind" directs and causes everything?
(a) Echecrates.
(b) Anaxagoras.
(c) Plato.
(d) Phaedo.

6. What does Simmias think of knowledge about the next life?
(a) The dead have it.
(b) It is easy to gain.
(c) It is difficult to gain.
(d) Everyone has it.

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

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

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

10. What does Socrates think of the cause of things?
(a) It is useful for the soul.
(b) He learned the cause of things from the gods.
(c) He forgot the cause of things.
(d) He is far from knowing the cause of things.

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

12. What does Socrates say would be harmed if he thinks about empirical causes further?
(a) His harmony.
(b) His body.
(c) His sense.
(d) His soul.

13. What could a glutton return as according to Socrates?
(a) A horse.
(b) A fish.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A donkey.

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

15. What group does Socrates say those who practice moderation would join?
(a) Ants.
(b) Horses.
(c) Gods.
(d) Pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Socrates think the people of earth dwell?

2. Who directs harmony according to Socrates' argument?

3. What position does Simmias accept concerning the soul?

4. What question does Cebes ask Socrates concerning the soul's long existence?

5. What does Socrates say of the relationship between the soul and body?

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