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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong under any circumstance?
(a) Disloyalty.
(b) Lying.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Evil.

2. Which is not one of the absolutes?
(a) Justice.
(b) Truth.
(c) Good.
(d) Beauty.

3. Which would not alter the public's view of Socrates?
(a) Death.
(b) Acquittal.
(c) Appeal.
(d) Truth.

4. To what is the soul compared?
(a) Water.
(b) Mist.
(c) Fire.
(d) Smoke.

5. Who asks questions about life after death?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Cebes.
(c) Euthyphro.
(d) Socrates.

6. What has caused the dwindling of influence?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Religion.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Democracy.

7. The characters ponder the value of which of the following?
(a) Death.
(b) God.
(c) Life.
(d) Surrender.

8. What theory is expounded upon by Socrates?
(a) Spiritual growth.
(b) Absolutes.
(c) Afterlife.
(d) Complete surrender.

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

10. How do the philosophers refer to the soul?
(a) God.
(b) She.
(c) It.
(d) He.

11. Absolutes are linked to the origins of which of the following?
(a) Earth.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Plausibility.

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

13. When does one become acquainted with absolutes?
(a) Confirmation.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Death.
(d) Birth.

14. Who was not with Socrates upon his death?
(a) Crito.
(b) Simmias.
(c) Cebes.
(d) Plato.

15. Socrates intends to uphold _______________.
(a) His honor.
(b) Teacher's words.
(c) The will of God.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Evil deeds may cause which of the following?

2. Which is not a lust of the body?

3. In the eyes of the general public, which of the following is evil?

4. Socrates saw death as a(n) ______________.

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

(see the answer keys)

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