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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it that philosophers dread?
(a) Disgrace.
(b) Lack of knowledge.
(c) Debate.
(d) Ambivalence.

3. What is not on the list of things Athens has given to Socrates?
(a) Education.
(b) Rules.
(c) Security.
(d) Home.

4. Socrates refers to humans as being _____________.
(a) Unwilling.
(b) Angry.
(c) Lusty.
(d) Foolish.

5. How does one generally gauge the concept of opposites?
(a) Personal experience.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Education.
(d) Observation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is mentioned as one who will continue Socrates' work after death?

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

3. By escaping, Socrates believes he would be breaking which of the following?

4. What theory is expounded upon by Socrates?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Socrates' argument to Crito's suggestion? What is the explanation of the argument?

2. What plea does Crito make to Socrates? What is the reasoning behind the plea?

3. What is Socrates' opinion on his alleged time of death?

4. What unusual physical issue did Socrates experience shortly before death? What conversation did it prompt?

5. When is Socrates scheduled to die?

6. What is the contradiction made by Socrates in reference to an incorruptible soul?

7. What is the setting for the Fourth Dialogue? When does it take place?

8. What is Socrates' opinion on the fear of death in the eyes of a philosopher?

9. What could cause the corrupted soul? How might a corrupted soul return to the known world?

10. What is the setting of Dialogue 3? What time of day is it? Who is present?

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