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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 Philosophy tell men about the senses?
(a) To love them.
(b) To embrace them.
(c) To withdraw from them.
(d) To enjoy them.

2. What does Socrates say about the belief that soul could be composite after death, but non composite before?
(a) It is possible, but unlikely.
(b) It is impossible.
(c) It is inconsistent.
(d) It is right.

3. Who is impressed by Socrates' arguments at the start of 95b-107b?
(a) Echecrates.
(b) Cebes.
(c) Simmias.
(d) Phaedo.

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

5. Who walks the path to Hades easily according to Socrates?
(a) Well ordered souls.
(b) Souls who remember the trip.
(c) Souls who follow Socrates' teachings.
(d) Lost souls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Phaedo and Echecrates want from Socrates in 88c-95a?

3. What could a glutton return as according to Socrates?

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

5. What does Socrates think about the path to Hades and back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the soul after death according to Socrates?

2. Why does Socrates worry that he might hurt his senses?

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

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

5. What should the philosopher master?

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

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

8. According to Socrates in 88c-95a, what is there no greater evil than and why does he believe this?

9. Why was Socrates disappointed by Anaxagoras?

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

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