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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 Socrates argue small things come from?
(a) From the afterworld.
(b) From even smaller things.
(c) From men.
(d) From larger things.

2. What did "the Eleven" tell Socrates according to the account?
(a) What his crimes are.
(b) The names of his accusers.
(c) That he would be freed the next day.
(d) How he would die.

3. What does Socrates say about philosophers at the start of 62d -66a?
(a) They need to be more vocal about their needs.
(b) They should be ready and willing to die.
(c) They should not talk against Athens.
(d) They life is too precious to waste.

4. Who does the account of Socrates' death say were present beside Socrates' friends?
(a) The undertaker.
(b) Aristophanes.
(c) Some strangers.
(d) Members of the Senate.

5. What can be achieved in death that could not be achieved in life according to Socrates?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Peace.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Socrates held prior to dying, according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?

2. What does the soul reason best without according to Socrates?

3. Why are moderates amongst the masses also moderate out of fear according to Socrates?

4. What does the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?

5. How does course and moderation see death according to Socrates' argument?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates say to defend death?

2. What do Cebes and Simmias claim about the wise?

3. What does recollection imply about similarity?

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

5. What might the soul be unable to do, according to the end of 73a-81a?

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

7. Based on the beginning of 73a-81, what does Socrates teach about recollection?

8. What does Socrates wonder about in regards to knowledge?

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

10. What does the theory of opposites imply about dead things at the end of 66b-72e?

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