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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. At some point the issues of the body become _________________.
(a) Irritating.
(b) Irrelevant.
(c) Dominant.
(d) Purposeful.

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

6. What would a legal term be for Socrates' death?
(a) Homocide.
(b) Malfeasance.
(c) Manslaughter.
(d) Suicide.

7. What is not experienced by a "true" philosopher?
(a) Fear.
(b) Human law.
(c) Death.
(d) Doubt.

8. How did Socrates die?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Torn apart by lions.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Poison.

9. Socrates does not want to be seen as being a _____________.
(a) Fool.
(b) Blowhard.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Nitwit.

10. Socrates argues that he did not make his decision in ________.
(a) An uninformed manner.
(b) Silence.
(c) Haste.
(d) Leisure.

11. In Socrates' eyes, escape would equate ___________.
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Evil.
(d) Bravery.

12. What part of Socrates' body was troubling him on that day?
(a) Foot.
(b) Heart.
(c) Hand.
(d) Leg.

13. What is the setting for the Fourth Dialogue?
(a) Athens.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Milan.
(d) Phlius.

14. For whom does Socrates speak?
(a) God.
(b) Meletus.
(c) Himself.
(d) City.

15. In which other dialogue does the reader learn about Socrates' personal philosophy?
(a) Euthyphro.
(b) Apology.
(c) Crito.
(d) Phaedo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one generally gauge the concept of opposites?

2. Socrates refers to humans as being _____________.

3. Socrates intends to uphold _______________.

4. Socrates informs the group that the body is ____________________.

5. According to the visitor, Socrates would be guilty of which of the following?

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