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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 did Crito say about Socrates' dream?
(a) He agreed with Socrates' interpretation of it.
(b) He didn't think it was significant enough to interpret.
(c) He felt that it was strange and mysterious.
(d) He felt that Socrates interpreted it incorrectly.

2. What concept does Tarrant label as "Christian," which he says the Greeks did not possess?
(a) Sacraments.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Altruism.

3. What did Crito say about how he would be affected, personally, by Socrates' death?
(a) He would be moved to seek vengeance against those who caused it.
(b) He wouldn't be personally affected, but knew several people who would be.
(c) He would be devastated and wasn't sure he could go on living, himself.
(d) He said that his reputation would suffer if he did not attempt to help Socrates.

4. According to Tarrant, why did Socrates submit so easily to his sentencing?
(a) He had no will to live.
(b) It afforded him some control.
(c) He chose it over being banished.
(d) He had a terminal illness.

5. Crito and Socrates agreed that what action is always unjust?
(a) Judging another person.
(b) Harming others.
(c) Doing a just thing for the wrong reasons.
(d) Avoiding one's punishment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What prompted Socrates to try this new activity in prison?

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

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

5. When asked how to overcome the difficulty in the debate, what did Socrates suggest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the philosophical subject of Book 4?

3. What is the setting of the Phaedo?

4. What is "Idealism" in philosophy?

5. What is the setting of Book 4?

6. What is the "transmigration of souls"?

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

8. How does Crito attempt to persuade Socrates?

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

10. What was the Pythagorean school of thought?

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