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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. What was unsettling, to Socrates, about the conversation he had with Euthyphro?
(a) Socrates knew that Euthyphro was going to go ahead with his prosecution, even though Socrates believed it was immoral.
(b) He realized there was no way to know for sure what the gods wanted.
(c) Euthyphro did not seem to care about Socrates' point of view.
(d) There were some portions of Euthyphro's argument that Socrates had difficulty understanding.

4. According to Euthyphro, the gods only received satisfaction from what?
(a) Saving mortals from peril.
(b) Divine service.
(c) Holy actions.
(d) The happiness of mortals.

5. What was the view of Socrates' friends on the topic of suicide?
(a) It is unacceptable.
(b) People should be free to do whatever they like with their lives, including ending them.
(c) There is no consensus on the topic.
(d) It is understandable in certain circumstances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Crito?

2. According to his conversation with Euthyphro, how did Socrates feel about the charges being brought against him?

3. What did Crito say about how he would be affected, personally, by Socrates' death?

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

5. Socrates was, supposedly, inspired by which of the Athenian deities?

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