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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates say about the jurors who convicted him?

2. What did Crito want Socrates to do?

3. What happens to energy, according to the Pythagoreans?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Socrates' execution delayed?

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

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

4. Who is present at Socrates' execution?

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

6. What is the setting of Book 4?

7. How does Crito attempt to persuade Socrates?

8. What was the Pythagorean school of thought?

9. What is the setting of the Phaedo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Socrates refuses to leave Athens and escape his punishment because he felt that it was just to stay. Do you agree? Would it have been better for Socrates to have fled Athens? Why or why not? What do you think you would do in this situation? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the various theories presented regarding the topic of justice. What is it? How is it achieved? How does one tell what is just? What are the necessary conditions for one to be able to do what is just? Do you agree that Socrates did what was just when he accepted his punishment? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Socrates refuted the idea that he was wise and claimed that the only way in which he might be exceptionally wise is in acknowledging the extent of his own ignorance and uncovering that of others. Do you agree that this is a very specific type of wisdom? Do you agree that this is the only type of wisdom that Socrates possessed? Why or why not? Do you think he was sincere in his assessment of his own ignorance? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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