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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Socrates correlated what two opposites?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Happy and sad.
(c) Freedom and imprisonment.
(d) Pleasure and pain.

2. What time of day is it?
(a) Late evening.
(b) Mid-afternoon.
(c) Noon.
(d) Early morning.

3. Which is not a lust of the body?
(a) Food.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Sex.
(d) Love.

4. Who pays a visit to Socrates?
(a) Crito.
(b) Meletus.
(c) Phaedro.
(d) Plato.

5. Socrates infers that he believes in which of the following?
(a) Psychic ability.
(b) Reincarnation.
(c) Capitol punishment.
(d) Life after death.

6. Philosophers often shun which of the following?
(a) New theories.
(b) Physical realm.
(c) Ancient methods.
(d) Abstract concepts.

7. What is the setting for Dialogue 3?
(a) Cafe.
(b) Prison cell.
(c) Courthouse.
(d) Porch.

8. Gentle people may return as what kind of creature?
(a) Still.
(b) Social.
(c) Predatory.
(d) Docile.

9. Many of Socrates' supposed philosophies may actually be attributed to ____________.
(a) Plato.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Cebes.
(d) Students.

10. In this section the philosophers study Socrates' theory of ____________.
(a) Absolutes.
(b) Truth.
(c) Opposites.
(d) Denial.

11. Socrates informs the group that the body is ____________________.
(a) A triumph of science.
(b) Troublesome and messy.
(c) Invigorated and useful.
(d) Useless after death.

12. Which animal is referred to as a predator?
(a) Badger.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Lion.
(d) Wolf.

13. Socrates believes that opposites can often be _____________.
(a) Disputed.
(b) Measured.
(c) Disproven.
(d) Encouraged.

14. To which is death compared?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Unconsciousness.
(c) Realization.
(d) Birth.

15. Evil deeds may cause which of the following?
(a) Dishonor.
(b) Persecution.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) Corruption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for the Fourth Dialogue?

2. What is one of the main themes in this dialogue?

3. Where did the classical perspective of thinking originate?

4. Which of the following is not among the things sought by a philosopher?

5. The question relates directly to what item?

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