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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What groups can no one join if they have not practiced philosophy and do not leave this life pure?
(a) Contemplatives.
(b) Gods.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Lawyers.

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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 lost.
(b) It might die.
(c) It might not be knowledgeable.
(d) It might be impure.

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

9. What did the people present with Socrates think of his argument according to Phaedo?
(a) They think they are good.
(b) They think they need more polishing.
(c) They think they are unsubstantiated.
(d) They think they are overbearing.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Socrates think earth balanced in the middle of?
(a) Water.
(b) Ether.
(c) A homogeneous substance.
(d) The heavens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates argue the good soul is?

2. What does Socrates say should not make one hate argument?

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

4. What does the start of 88c-95a say about what Phaedo and others thought of Socrates' arguments?

5. What does Simmias think of knowledge about the next life?

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