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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 Socrates expect when he passed into the Underworld, according to his dialogue with Crito?
(a) He expects to be reborn into another life.
(b) He expects to be judged.
(c) He expects to meet his friends who have passed before him.
(d) He expects to have all his questions answered.

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

3. What was the view of Socrates' friends on the topic of suicide?
(a) It is understandable in certain circumstances.
(b) It is unacceptable.
(c) People should be free to do whatever they like with their lives, including ending them.
(d) There is no consensus on the topic.

4. What was the other possibility that Socrates contemplated regarding the afterlife?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Complete annihilation.
(c) Eternal damnation.
(d) Salvation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the longest of the four dialogues?

2. In what area of thought did the Pythagorean school excel?

3. According to Tarrant, why did Socrates submit so easily to his sentencing?

4. What does "transmigration of souls" mean?

5. Crito and Socrates agreed that what action is always unjust?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is written in Book 5, Chapter 1, about risking the loss of one's life?

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

3. How does Crito attempt to persuade Socrates?

4. What is the intended audience for Book 5?

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

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

7. What is the setting of Book 4?

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

9. What is the setting of the Phaedo?

10. What is the "transmigration of souls"?

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