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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Socrates after his trial?
(a) His method of execution was changed.
(b) His execution was delayed.
(c) He was caught and brought back to Athens.
(d) His sentence was commuted.

2. Who is Phaedo?
(a) Socrates' son.
(b) One of Socrates' friends.
(c) Plato's brother.
(d) Meletus' cousin.

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

4. What did Socrates say about the laws of the land during his conversation with Crito?
(a) They control members of society, but don't do much to protect them.
(b) They are unjust, but must be followed.
(c) They are just, so it is just to follow them.
(d) They both protect and control members of society.

5. What is misanthropy?
(a) Lack of social skills.
(b) Committing a social blunder.
(c) Hatred of women.
(d) Hatred of people.

6. Why did Socrates plead with Crito to listen to his reasoning?
(a) Because Socrates wanted Crito to be at peace with the decision that Socrates had made.
(b) Socrates wanted to reassure Crito that he was making the right choice.
(c) Socrates wanted Crito to point out the flaws in his reasoning so he would be able to change his mind without guilt.
(d) Socrates just wanted to have a good philosophical debate.

7. What happens to energy, according to the Pythagoreans?
(a) It lasts for a finite amount of time.
(b) It is constantly created and destroyed.
(c) When an object is destroyed, so is the energy contained within it.
(d) It is preserved and perpetuated.

8. What was the relationship, according to Crito and Socrates, between just actions and natural ones?
(a) An action may be just, but not natural.
(b) An action may be natural, but unjust.
(c) Just actions are always natural.
(d) Natural actions are always just.

9. What is the reason, according to Socrates, for "mislogic"?
(a) People don't understand the limitations of logic.
(b) People don't know how to use logic correctly.
(c) People are more interested in "winning" an argument than in knowing the truth.
(d) People are defeated in logical arguments.

10. Crito and Socrates agreed that what action is always unjust?
(a) Harming others.
(b) Doing a just thing for the wrong reasons.
(c) Judging another person.
(d) Avoiding one's punishment.

11. What is "mislogic", according to Socrates?
(a) Losing a logical argument.
(b) Incorrect use of logic.
(c) Hatred of logic.
(d) Not understanding logic.

12. Who was on Socrates' team in the debate at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Simmias.
(b) Phaedo.
(c) Cebes.
(d) Crito.

13. What were Socrates and his partner debating about at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Justice.
(c) The nature of the human soul.
(d) Immortality.

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

15. What new activity did Socrates try while in prison?
(a) Meditating.
(b) Singing.
(c) Writing down some of his dialogues.
(d) Writing poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theory of "Idealism" in philosophy?

2. What theory did the Pythagoreans have about the human soul?

3. What is the term for realizing that one's expectations are too high?

4. What was Socrates doing when Crito arrived?

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

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