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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what area of thought did the Pythagorean school excel?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Music.
(d) Mathematics.

2. Was Plato present at Socrates' execution?
(a) No, he did not want to attend.
(b) No, he was unwell.
(c) Yes.
(d) Phaedo doesn't say.

3. How was Socrates executed?
(a) Firing squad.
(b) Drawing and quartering.
(c) Thrown to the lions.
(d) Self-administered hemlock poisoning.

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

5. What metaphor did Crito and Socrates use to illustrate their point about authority?
(a) A patient and a doctor.
(b) A congregation and a priest.
(c) A country and its leader.
(d) School children and their teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "transmigration of souls" mean?

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

3. Against who were Socrates and his partner debating at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?

4. What metaphor does Tarrant use to describe the different mentalities in the Phaedo?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Socrates' execution delayed?

2. What is the philosophical subject of Book 4?

3. What does Socrates think will happen after his death?

4. Who is present at Socrates' execution?

5. What new habit do Socrates' friends discover in the "Phaedo"?

6. What does Crito want Socrates to do?

7. What does Socrates say about misanthropy and "mislogic"?

8. What was the Pythagorean school of thought?

9. What is said, in Book 4, about Socrates' dream?

10. What do Socrates' friends say about suicide, and the preservation of life, in the "Phaedo"?

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