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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Approximately how many people were present at Socrates' execution?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 35.

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

4. Why did Socrates insist on going through with his sentence?
(a) He was in a lot of pain and didn't mind the idea of death.
(b) It was just for him to do so.
(c) He wanted to make a point.
(d) He didn't want to endanger any of his friends.

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

6. According to Crito's dialogue with Socrates, who had the right to control a given set of circumstances, or a relationship?
(a) The ones who had been given authority by the state.
(b) Qualified individuals, or experts.
(c) The most ethical.
(d) The wealthy.

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

8. What did the Pythagoreans like to explore?
(a) The ways in which deity could be found to manifest itself in everyday life.
(b) The spiritual and intellectual characteristics of man.
(c) The physical and scientific causes of things.
(d) The motivations of the gods.

9. Who is Crito?
(a) Euthyphro's nephew.
(b) Socrates' son.
(c) Socrates' friend.
(d) Meletus' cousin.

10. Where did Socrates' dialogue with Crito take place?
(a) In the courtroom.
(b) In Socrates' prison cell.
(c) In Crito's home.
(d) In the Athenian marketplace.

11. Crito first attempted to persuade Socrates with what type of argument?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Philosophical.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Moral.

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

13. Which is the longest of the four dialogues?
(a) The Crito.
(b) The Phaedo.
(c) The Apology.
(d) The Euthyphro.

14. Who temporarily won the debate in Book 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Simmias and Cebes.
(b) Phaedo and Cebes.
(c) Simmias and Crito.
(d) Socrates and Phaedo.

15. What did Crito offer Socrates?
(a) A more comfortable place to spend his final days.
(b) A safe place to escape to.
(c) An overturned sentence.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what area of thought did the Pythagorean school excel?

3. What is misanthropy?

4. What does the term "philosopher" mean?

5. What term did the Greeks use to refer to the souls of the departed?

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