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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What characteristic would Socrates exhibit?
(a) Fervor.
(b) Anger.
(c) Incompetence.
(d) Humility.

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

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

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

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

8. What examples are used to illustrate the point?
(a) Avoidance/Omission.
(b) Beauty/Wisdom.
(c) True/False.
(d) Sleeping/Waking.

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

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

11. Life is considered to be a(n) __________________.
(a) Gift.
(b) Aggravation.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Anomaly.

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

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

14. Why was the important person absent in Socrates' last moments?
(a) Shame.
(b) Illness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Imprisonment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates does not want to be seen as being a _____________.

2. The murmuring in Socrates' ears sounds like what type of music?

3. What type of social creature is mentioned?

4. At some point the issues of the body become _________________.

5. What time of day is it?

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