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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 theory did the Pythagoreans have about the human soul?
(a) They didn't have a theory about the human soul.
(b) They felt that the soul only lasted as long as the body did.
(c) They felt that the soul was eternal and unchanging.
(d) They didn't believe in the concept of the soul.

2. What is the term for realizing that one's expectations are too high?
(a) Disgruntled.
(b) Dysphasia.
(c) Dystopia.
(d) Disillusionment.

3. What do we know about Phaedo?
(a) His intellect rivaled that of Socrates.
(b) He was not an actual living person.
(c) He died at a very early age.
(d) He suffered terribly.

4. Who lost control of his emotions at Socrates' execution?
(a) Appollonius.
(b) Phaedo.
(c) Crito.
(d) Echecrates.

5. Why did Socrates ask Crito to be cautious?
(a) So that Socrates' friends didn't discover his escape plot.
(b) So that the two could determine their own, and one another's, beliefs about what is just.
(c) So that the guards wouldn't overhear them.
(d) So that Crito didn't implicate himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did Socrates' friend ask of the Oracle?

2. What celestial body is associated with Artemis?

3. How did Euthyphro react to Socrates' objections?

4. Who was prosecuting Socrates?

5. Where was Socrates being prosecuted?

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