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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the soul reason best without according to Socrates?
(a) The brain.
(b) Senses.
(c) Help.
(d) Luck.

2. Why was Socrates held prior to dying, according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) A senate meeting.
(b) A voting day.
(c) A battle with Sparta.
(d) A religious ceremony.

3. What question does Socrates ask Simmias in 62d-66a?
(a) If he believes in death.
(b) If he believes in god.
(c) If he can take care of his wife.
(d) If he can counter his previous argument.

4. What does Socrates argue dead things come from?
(a) Living things.
(b) The afterlife.
(c) The sea.
(d) War.

5. What is the goal of a philosopher according to Socrates?
(a) To practice for death and dying.
(b) To avoid confrontation with the law.
(c) To speak the truth.
(d) To avoid dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the account tell was present during Socrates' trial beside his friends?

2. What ways do things exist according to Socrates?

3. Who was present for Socrates' death according to the men at the start of "Phaedo"?

4. What does Socrates say a bravery should not be a response to?

5. Who agrees with Cebes' views on death according to 62d?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates argue about two sticks or two stones?

2. What does recollection imply about similarity?

3. What, according to Socrates, does not come from the body and what does the body cause?

4. What does Socrates say about the gods at the end of 57a-62c?

5. Why was Socrates held in jail before his execution?

6. What does Socrates argue about opposites from opposites?

7. What belief of Simmias' does Socrates question?

8. What does Echecrates ask Phaedo at the beginning of "Phaedo"?

9. What do Socrates and Cebes discuss about the composite and non-composite?

10. What does Socrates say to defend death?

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