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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 66b - 72e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of men resent dying according to Cebes?
(a) Wise.
(b) Fearless.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Pious.

2. What did Socrates drink, according to Echecrates?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Hemlock.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water.

3. What is the only way to truly achieve virtue according to Socrates?
(a) Reflection.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Death.
(d) Fear.

4. Who agrees with Cebes' views on death according to 62d?
(a) Simmias.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Phaedo.
(d) Echecrates.

5. Why was Socrates held prior to dying, according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) A voting day.
(b) A religious ceremony.
(c) A battle with Sparta.
(d) A senate meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say most people are ready to do when their loved ones die?

2. What does Simmias tell Socrates about the ideas of the Just, the Beautiful and the Good?

3. Who does the account of Socrates' death say were present beside Socrates' friends?

4. According to Socrates, what do the ones who love wisdom desire?

5. What does Socrates argue dead things come from?

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