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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 1, Introduction & The Phaedo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Socrates executed?
(a) Thrown to the lions.
(b) Firing squad.
(c) Drawing and quartering.
(d) Self-administered hemlock poisoning.

2. What is the date that the first dialogue was written?
(a) 462 B.C.E.
(b) Unknown.
(c) 537 B.C.E.
(d) 128 C.E.

3. Who was Phaedo telling the story of Socrates' execution to?
(a) Euthyphro.
(b) Echecrates.
(c) Simmias.
(d) Cebes.

4. What was the other possibility that Socrates contemplated regarding the afterlife?
(a) Eternal damnation.
(b) Complete annihilation.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Reincarnation.

5. What accusation was being leveled against Socrates regarding his relationship with the young men of Athens?
(a) He was trying to cause them to rebel against the authorities.
(b) He was having homosexual relationships with them.
(c) He was supplying them with drugs and alcohol.
(d) He was corrupting them with his inquiries.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tarrant, this version of the Socratic dialogues is unique in what way?

2. According to the introductory notes, who is this version of "The Last Days of Socrates" intended for?

3. Who writes the comments introducing the first dialogue?

4. Thrasyllus was a scholar from what century?

5. Euthyphro was prosecuting someone for what crime?

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