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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. Who took the young woman home when she was overcome with emotion?
(a) Crito.
(b) Phaedo.
(c) Plato.
(d) Simmias.

2. Where was Socrates being prosecuted?
(a) Athens.
(b) Thrace.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Lyceum.

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

4. The people of his city felt that, for Socrates to have survived this battle, it must have taken a great deal of what?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Courage.
(c) Luck.
(d) Diplomacy.

5. The main point of The Crito is the discussion of what ideal?
(a) Justice.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Morality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Crito's dialogue with Socrates, who had the right to control a given set of circumstances, or a relationship?

3. What did Socrates say about the laws of the land during his conversation with Crito?

4. What made Socrates sure that he had been doing Apollo's will?

5. According to Socrates, what do mislogic and misanthropy have in common?

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