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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Socrates trying to convince with his arguments about the immortality of the soul?
(a) Himself.
(b) Simmias.
(c) Cebes.
(d) Phaedo.

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

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

4. What is the destination of the soul determined by according to Socrates?
(a) How much was donated to the poor.
(b) The gods.
(c) The earthly behavior.
(d) The astrological sign.

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

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

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

8. What did Socrates feel when he said that the one teaching about the "Mind" was not applying his own teachings?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Surprised.

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

10. How big does Socrates think earth is?
(a) Quite large.
(b) About a thousand miles.
(c) Small.
(d) The size of the universe.

11. How does Socrates try to uncover causes?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) His own method.
(c) The gods.
(d) The scientific method.

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

13. What is virtue according to Socrates?
(a) A necessity to the body.
(b) Soul.
(c) Unnecessary to die.
(d) Harmony.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't earth need to prevent it from falling?

2. Who will the imprisonment of the body and ignorance be revealed to according to Socrates?

3. What did the people present with Socrates think of his argument according to Phaedo?

4. What groups can no one join if they have not practiced philosophy and do not leave this life pure?

5. Who directs harmony according to Socrates' argument?

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