View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 3, The Phaedo Conclusion & Notes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took Socrates to perform his last task before being executed?
(a) Meletus.
(b) Euthyphro.
(c) Crito.
(d) Phaedo.

2. Each theory about the afterlife that is presented by Socrates' friends represents a different conception of what?
(a) The soul.
(b) Religion.
(c) The gods.
(d) Mortality.

3. Who was the last person to arrive before Socrates' execution?
(a) Socrates' wife.
(b) The person bearing the poison.
(c) Meletus.
(d) Crito.

4. Who went to see the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi?
(a) Plato.
(b) Xenophenes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Chearephon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Socrates' dialogue with Crito take place?

2. How did Euthyphro react to Socrates' objections?

3. How many charges were being leveled against Socrates?

4. Thrasyllus was a scholar from what century?

5. What was unsettling, to Socrates, about the conversation he had with Euthyphro?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 311 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample