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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relation does Socrates see between Tallness and Shortness?
(a) Shortness is more important than Tallness.
(b) They are the same, but inverted.
(c) They are linked.
(d) They cannot participate in each other.

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

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

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

5. 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 die.
(c) It might not be knowledgeable.
(d) It might be lost.

6. What does Socrates think earth is?
(a) A sphere in the middle of the heavens.
(b) A large tube holding the heavens.
(c) A cube supported by a turtle.
(d) A flat circle.

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

8. Who directs harmony according to Socrates' argument?
(a) The lyre.
(b) Gods.
(c) Muses.
(d) The harp.

9. What does Socrates conclude at the end of 88c-95a?
(a) The soul is harmony.
(b) The soul is composite.
(c) The soul is mortal.
(d) The soul is not harmony.

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

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

12. What is better than divine doctrine concerning the next life according to Simmias?
(a) Socrates' doctrine.
(b) The best of men's theories.
(c) Discovering it firsthand.
(d) Knowing nothing.

13. What analogy does Simmias abandon in 88c-95a?
(a) Harp/harmony.
(b) Life/death.
(c) Love/hate.
(d) Philosophy/maturity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the soul have when it leaves the body according to Socrates?

2. How big does Socrates think earth is?

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

4. What does Socrates say of death in 107c-115e?

5. What is virtue according to Socrates?

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