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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tarrant, what parts of a person did the Greeks believe persisted through death?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Their thoughts.
(c) Their emotions.
(d) Their communicative powers.

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

3. What did the Pythagoreans conclude about the nature of matter?
(a) Matter is solid.
(b) All matter was created at the time of the Big Bang.
(c) When matter was destroyed, it disappeared.
(d) The universe is made up of tiny, invisible particles.

4. What does the term "philosopher" mean?
(a) Lover of wisdom.
(b) Educated person.
(c) Inquisitor.
(d) Purveyor of knowledge.

5. What did Socrates expect when he passed into the Underworld, according to his dialogue with Crito?
(a) He expects to be judged.
(b) He expects to be reborn into another life.
(c) He expects to have all his questions answered.
(d) He expects to meet his friends who have passed before him.

6. When did Socrates' dialogue with Crito take place?
(a) After Socrates' sentencing, but before his death.
(b) Before Socrates' sentencing.
(c) Before Socrates was informed that he was being prosecuted.
(d) At Socrates' execution.

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

8. When asked how to overcome the difficulty in the debate, what did Socrates suggest?
(a) Getting an impartial observer to decide the winner.
(b) Accepting defeat graciously.
(c) Assistance.
(d) Giving up.

9. What prompted Socrates to try this new activity in prison?
(a) Boredom.
(b) The request of a friend.
(c) A dream.
(d) A desire for his work to be preserved.

10. What was the reason for what happened to Socrates after his trial?
(a) One of Socrates' friends, who betrayed him.
(b) The judge who presided over his trial reconsidered the sentencing.
(c) An Athenian practice which had nothing to do with Socrates.
(d) One of his family members interfered with his sentencing.

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

12. Why did Crito come to visit Socrates?
(a) Out of friendship.
(b) He hoped to prevent Socrates' execution.
(c) He wanted to take care of Socrates' family after his death.
(d) Socrates owed him money.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Phaedo telling the story of Socrates' execution to?

2. What was the relationship, according to Crito and Socrates, between just actions and natural ones?

3. According to Tarrant, what is one modern debate which is similar in nature to the issues in the "Phaedo"?

4. What did Crito want Socrates to do?

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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