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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who walks the path to Hades easily according to Socrates?
(a) Lost souls.
(b) Souls who remember the trip.
(c) Well ordered souls.
(d) Souls who follow Socrates' teachings.

2. What doesn't earth need to prevent it from falling?
(a) Water.
(b) Fire.
(c) Soil.
(d) Air.

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

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

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

6. What we must do for all time according to Socrates at the start of 107c-115e?
(a) Take care of our soul.
(b) Prepare for death.
(c) Worship the gods.
(d) Be truthful.

7. To whom do the souls that wander the earth belong according to Socrates?
(a) To politicians.
(b) To women.
(c) To inferior men.
(d) To good men.

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

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

10. What happen after the soul reaches and is accepted at the next station after death?
(a) They wait for a new body.
(b) They educate themselves.
(c) They are guided to heaven.
(d) A guide brings them back to earth.

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

12. What does the start of 88c-95a say about what Phaedo and others thought of Socrates' arguments?
(a) They were impressive.
(b) They were short.
(c) They were disappointing.
(d) They were off topic.

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

14. What does Socrates think about the path to Hades and back?
(a) It does not exist.
(b) The path is well guarded.
(c) Many exist.
(d) There is only one.

15. What does Socrates says of his ability with the area he is looking into, in order to answer Cebes' question?
(a) He has intimate knowledge of it.
(b) He never practiced it.
(c) He has little ability in it.
(d) It is a useless area for a philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the ones that lived an average life go after death according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates say cannot contain a harmony?

3. What can Form not admit, according to Socrates?

4. What is happening to things Socrates says he knew before?

5. What did Socrates feel when he said that the one teaching about the "Mind" was not applying his own teachings?

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