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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Phaedo?
(a) Plato's brother.
(b) Meletus' cousin.
(c) Socrates' son.
(d) One of Socrates' friends.
2. Each theory about the afterlife that is presented by Socrates' friends represents a different conception of what?
(a) Mortality.
(b) The gods.
(c) The soul.
(d) Religion.
3. What did Socrates say about the jurors who convicted him?
(a) They were doing what they felt was just.
(b) They didn't know any better.
(c) They were being selfish.
(d) The jury committed an injustice against him.
4. According to Crito's dialogue with Socrates, who had the right to control a given set of circumstances, or a relationship?
(a) Qualified individuals, or experts.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) The ones who had been given authority by the state.
(d) The most ethical.
5. On what day does the "Phaedo" take place?
(a) A week after Socrates' execution.
(b) Two days before Socrates' execution.
(c) The day of Socrates' execution.
(d) The day of Socrates' trial.
6. What did Crito say about how he would be affected, personally, by Socrates' death?
(a) He would be devastated and wasn't sure he could go on living, himself.
(b) He said that his reputation would suffer if he did not attempt to help Socrates.
(c) He would be moved to seek vengeance against those who caused it.
(d) He wouldn't be personally affected, but knew several people who would be.
7. According to Tarrant, why did Socrates submit so easily to his sentencing?
(a) He had a terminal illness.
(b) He chose it over being banished.
(c) He had no will to live.
(d) It afforded him some control.
8. How did Phaedo describe Socrates' execution?
(a) Unfair.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Heart-wrenching.
(d) Horrifying.
9. When did Socrates' dialogue with Crito take place?
(a) After Socrates' sentencing, but before his death.
(b) At Socrates' execution.
(c) Before Socrates was informed that he was being prosecuted.
(d) Before Socrates' sentencing.
10. What term did the Greeks use to refer to the souls of the departed?
(a) Shades.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Daemons.
11. What was the other possibility that Socrates contemplated regarding the afterlife?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Reincarnation.
(c) Eternal damnation.
(d) Complete annihilation.
12. What did Socrates expect when he passed into the Underworld, according to his dialogue with Crito?
(a) He expects to have all his questions answered.
(b) He expects to be reborn into another life.
(c) He expects to meet his friends who have passed before him.
(d) He expects to be judged.
13. What concept does Tarrant label as "Christian," which he says the Greeks did not possess?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Sacraments.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Altruism.
14. What happened to Socrates after his trial?
(a) He was caught and brought back to Athens.
(b) His execution was delayed.
(c) His sentence was commuted.
(d) His method of execution was changed.
15. According to Tarrant, what is one modern debate which is similar in nature to the issues in the "Phaedo"?
(a) Nature vs. nurture.
(b) Intelligent Design.
(c) Capital punishment.
(d) Reincarnation.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Phaedo telling the story of Socrates' execution to?
2. When asked how to overcome the difficulty in the debate, what did Socrates suggest?
3. What were Socrates and his partner debating about at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?
4. What was the reason for what happened to Socrates after his trial?
5. Was Plato present at Socrates' execution?
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