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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 Socrates starting to discuss after abandoning his thinking of empirical causes?
(a) Formal causes.
(b) Himself.
(c) Effects.
(d) Consequences.

2. What does Socrates conclude at the end of 88c-95a?
(a) The soul is composite.
(b) The soul is mortal.
(c) The soul is harmony.
(d) The soul is not harmony.

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

4. What topic does Socrates discuss to answer Cebes question?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Physics.
(c) Natural science.
(d) Philosophy.

5. What did the people present with Socrates think of his argument according to Phaedo?
(a) They think they need more polishing.
(b) They think they are good.
(c) They think they are unsubstantiated.
(d) They think they are overbearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't Socrates have time for in 107c-115e?

2. Who taught Socrates that "Mind" directs and causes everything?

3. What will philosophy free according to Socrates?

4. What is weaker than the lyre according to Socrates?

5. What does Anaxagoras appeal to to explain causes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates say about the Beautiful?

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

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

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

5. What does Socrates think of the shape of earth?

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

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

8. How does the soul rule the man according to Socrates?

9. What do Phaedo and Echecrates want more of?

10. Why was Socrates disappointed by Anaxagoras?

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