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

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

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

4. What theory did the Pythagoreans have about the human soul?
(a) They felt that the soul only lasted as long as the body did.
(b) They didn't believe in the concept of the soul.
(c) They didn't have a theory about the human soul.
(d) They felt that the soul was eternal and unchanging.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to energy, according to the Pythagoreans?

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

3. What was Socrates doing when Crito arrived?

4. What were Socrates and his partner debating about at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?

5. Approximately how many people were present at Socrates' execution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Pythagorean school of thought?

2. What is "Idealism" in philosophy?

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

4. What does Crito want Socrates to do?

5. What conclusion do Socrates and Crito reach regarding the laws of the land?

6. What evidence led Plato and the Pythagoreans to the theory of an eternal soul?

7. Who is present at Socrates' execution?

8. What is the setting of Book 4?

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

10. What realization does Socrates have as a result of his and Phaedo's debate with Simmias and Cebes?

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