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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 is misanthropy?
(a) Lack of social skills.
(b) Hatred of people.
(c) Committing a social blunder.
(d) Hatred of women.

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

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

4. How did Socrates interpret his dream?
(a) He believed he had two days left to live.
(b) He felt that Apollo might save him from his fate.
(c) He knew what awaited him in the Underworld.
(d) He believed there might be a way for him to escape his execution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Crito?

2. What did Socrates say about the laws of the land during his conversation with Crito?

3. Who temporarily won the debate in Book 5, Chapter 2?

4. What new activity did Socrates try while in prison?

5. How was Socrates executed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Socrates and Crito say about experts?

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

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

4. How does Crito attempt to persuade Socrates?

5. Why is Socrates' execution delayed?

6. What is the setting of Book 4?

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

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

9. Who is present at Socrates' execution?

10. What is the philosophical subject of Book 4?

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