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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 Socrates and his partner realize, via their debate with their friends, about the nature of truth?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) What they hope the truth to be is not necessarily what it actually is.
(c) Knowing the truth, with certainty, when one finds it is problematic.
(d) If the truth is different from what one previously believed, there will be individual, and perhaps societal, ramifications which must be dealt with.
2. Which two figures, in Athenian mythology, are twin siblings?
(a) Zeus and Leto.
(b) Apollo and Artemis.
(c) Narcissus and Echo.
(d) Hera and Hermes.
3. What is the reason, according to Socrates, for "mislogic"?
(a) People are more interested in "winning" an argument than in knowing the truth.
(b) People don't understand the limitations of logic.
(c) People don't know how to use logic correctly.
(d) People are defeated in logical arguments.
4. According to his conversation with Euthyphro, how did Socrates feel about the charges being brought against him?
(a) Socrates doesn't mention the charges to Euthyphro.
(b) He felt that the accusations made against him were major.
(c) He was not worried about the outcome of the trial because he knew that he was innocent.
(d) He was unconcerned because the charges, to him, were minor.
5. What celestial body is associated with Artemis?
(a) The sun.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Neptune.
(d) The moon.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Socrates say would happen if the jury condemned him?
2. What were Socrates and his partner debating about at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?
3. What was the other possibility that Socrates contemplated regarding the afterlife?
4. What did the Pythagoreans conclude about the nature of matter?
5. Approximately how many years ago did the Socratic dialogues take place?
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