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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 the good soul is?
(a) A philosopher's.
(b) Harmonized.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Contemplative.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates feel when he said that the one teaching about the "Mind" was not applying his own teachings?

2. To whom do the souls that wander the earth belong according to Socrates?

3. What does Anaxagoras appeal to to explain causes?

4. What does Socrates say of the fullest soul?

5. What doesn't earth need to prevent it from falling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why will some join the "gentle group" of ants?

2. What should the philosopher master?

3. What do Phaedo and Echecrates want more of?

4. At the end of 81b-88b, what does Socrates say the soul cannot be damaged by?

5. What did Cebes think that Socrates did with his arguments on the soul?

6. What does Socrates say of the Forms and the particular?

7. What does Socrates say about harmony at the end of 81b-88b?

8. What is Tartarus according to Socrates?

9. What does Socrates say about caring for the soul?

10. What does Socrates say of the journey of well-ordered souls?

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