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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Socrates say of the relationship between the soul and body?
(a) The body and the soul are two different beings.
(b) Gods control the soul.
(c) The soul controls the body.
(d) The body controls the soul.

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

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

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

6. Who guides each man to the next station after death?
(a) His soul knows where to go.
(b) His guardian spirit.
(c) The gods.
(d) His dead family.

7. 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 off topic.
(d) They were disappointing.

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

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

10. What does Socrates say cannot contain a harmony?
(a) The body.
(b) A harmony.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) The soul.

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

12. Who is impressed by Socrates' arguments at the start of 95b-107b?
(a) Echecrates.
(b) Phaedo.
(c) Simmias.
(d) Cebes.

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

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

15. What does Socrates say about the belief that soul could be composite after death, but non composite before?
(a) It is right.
(b) It is possible, but unlikely.
(c) It is inconsistent.
(d) It is impossible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't Socrates have time for in 107c-115e?

2. Who taught Socrates that "Mind" directs and causes everything?

3. What does Socrates think earth balanced in the middle of?

4. What does Philosophy tell men about the senses?

5. What does Anaxagoras appeal to to explain causes?

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