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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 is good to believe before dying according to Socrates?
(a) Dying is not painful.
(b) Your friend can find you in the afterlife.
(c) The gods love you.
(d) The soul survives death.

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

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

4. What will philosophy free according to Socrates?
(a) The soul.
(b) Feelings.
(c) The body.
(d) Fear.

5. What was Socrates aware of according to Phaedo?
(a) That Phaedo didn't trust him.
(b) That he needed to leave Athens.
(c) The need for more arguments.
(d) That it was time to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates conclude at the end of 88c-95a?

2. What does Philosophy tell men about the senses?

3. What does Anaxagoras appeal to to explain causes?

4. What are the heavens according to Socrates?

5. What position does Simmias accept concerning the soul?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates think of the nature of the soul before and after death?

2. What is Tartarus according to Socrates?

3. Why was Socrates disappointed by Anaxagoras?

4. Who is Socrates trying to convince with his arguments?

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

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

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

8. What are the four major rivers of the earth according to Socrates?

9. What do Phaedo and Echecrates want more of?

10. According to the beginning of 81b-88b, what souls wander the world?

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