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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 2, The Phaedo Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Crito say about Socrates' dream?
(a) He felt that it was strange and mysterious.
(b) He agreed with Socrates' interpretation of it.
(c) He didn't think it was significant enough to interpret.
(d) He felt that Socrates interpreted it incorrectly.

2. What does "transmigration of souls" mean?
(a) Displaced souls that roam the earth.
(b) The communications from the dead that are received by the living.
(c) The journey across the River Styx.
(d) Some aspects of an individual exist before, during, and after their lifetime.

3. When did Socrates' dialogue with Crito take place?
(a) After Socrates' sentencing, but before his death.
(b) At Socrates' execution.
(c) Before Socrates was informed that he was being prosecuted.
(d) Before Socrates' sentencing.

4. What did Crito offer Socrates?
(a) An overturned sentence.
(b) A more comfortable place to spend his final days.
(c) A safe place to escape to.
(d) Money.

5. According to Socrates' friends, what happens when someone learns something?
(a) They create knowledge which did not previously exist.
(b) They uncover new knowledge.
(c) They discover something they already knew.
(d) They remember knowledge that already existed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at the end of the dialogue between Euthyphro and Socrates?

2. What evidence did the Athenian authorities use to accuse Socrates of blasphemy?

3. How did Socrates interpret his dream?

4. Who was on Socrates' team in the debate at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?

5. What does the term "epistemology" mean, in philosophy?

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