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

2. How was Socrates executed?
(a) Thrown to the lions.
(b) Firing squad.
(c) Drawing and quartering.
(d) Self-administered hemlock poisoning.

3. Against who were Socrates and his partner debating at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Simmias and Cebes.
(b) Simmias and Crito.
(c) Phaedo and Crito.
(d) Cebes and Crito.

4. In what area of thought did the Pythagorean school excel?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Music.

5. According to Crito's dialogue with Socrates, who had the right to control a given set of circumstances, or a relationship?
(a) The most ethical.
(b) Qualified individuals, or experts.
(c) The ones who had been given authority by the state.
(d) The wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who took the young woman home when she was overcome with emotion?

5. According to Tarrant, what parts of a person did the Greeks believe persisted through death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Pythagorean school of thought?

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

6. What do Socrates' friends say about suicide, and the preservation of life, in the "Phaedo"?

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

8. What is the intended audience for Book 5?

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

10. What is the "transmigration of souls"?

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