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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. Who is Crito?
(a) Socrates' son.
(b) Euthyphro's nephew.
(c) Meletus' cousin.
(d) Socrates' friend.

2. According to Socrates' friends, what happens when someone learns something?
(a) They remember knowledge that already existed.
(b) They discover something they already knew.
(c) They uncover new knowledge.
(d) They create knowledge which did not previously exist.

3. What prompted Socrates to try this new activity in prison?
(a) The request of a friend.
(b) A dream.
(c) Boredom.
(d) A desire for his work to be preserved.

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

5. Who lost control of his emotions at Socrates' execution?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Appollonius.
(c) Echecrates.
(d) Crito.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Socrates interpret his dream?

2. Was Plato present at Socrates' execution?

3. Why did Socrates plead with Crito to listen to his reasoning?

4. According to Crito and Socrates, is it just to harm another person if it is purely in retaliation?

5. Who was on Socrates' team in the debate at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Pythagorean school of thought?

2. What belief do Socrates' friends discuss in the "Phaedo" that was taught in formal philosophical education, but was not culturally popular?

3. What were the ancient Greeks' beliefs regarding the afterlife?

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

5. How does Crito attempt to persuade Socrates?

6. What is the setting of the Phaedo?

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

8. What do Socrates and Crito say about experts?

9. What is the philosophical subject of Book 4?

10. What is the intended audience for Book 5?

(see the answer keys)

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