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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the term for realizing that one's expectations are too high?
(a) Disillusionment.
(b) Disgruntled.
(c) Dystopia.
(d) Dysphasia.

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

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

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

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

8. How can a person avoid all disappointment, according to Socrates?
(a) Relying on oneself, rather than others.
(b) Having realistic expectations.
(c) They can't.
(d) Learning more about someone before placing demands on them.

9. What did Socrates say about the jurors who convicted him?
(a) The jury committed an injustice against him.
(b) They didn't know any better.
(c) They were being selfish.
(d) They were doing what they felt was just.

10. What was Socrates doing when Crito arrived?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Praying.
(c) Writing.
(d) Eating.

11. What is the theory of "Idealism" in philosophy?
(a) Physical objects are based upon ideal forms.
(b) Ideas and thoughts have their own existence.
(c) Ideas are constant and unchanging.
(d) The gods are the ideal forms of human qualities.

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

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

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

15. According to Socrates and his friends, what happens to a soul after it spends some time in the Underworld?
(a) It is assimilated by the life force of the cosmos.
(b) It reemerges as a new mortal.
(c) It ascends to Heaven.
(d) It forgets its previous life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lost control of his emotions at Socrates' execution?

2. On what day does the "Phaedo" take place?

3. Who was the young woman at Socrates' execution?

4. What did the Pythagoreans conclude about the nature of matter?

5. Who is Phaedo?

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