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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recounts Socrates' death at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Menexenus.
(b) Cebes.
(c) Antisthenes.
(d) Phaedo.

2. What was Socrates feeling according to the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Happy.

3. What condition does Cebes put forth for Socrates' conclusion to be valid?
(a) The gods allow you to die properly.
(b) The soul lives after death.
(c) Socrates needs to be happy to die.
(d) One cannot commit suicide.

4. What pleasures are not the great goods of life according to Socrates?
(a) Being generous, loved and respected.
(b) Power, sex and influence.
(c) Food, drink and sex.
(d) Food, drink and political power.

5. What does purification consist of according to Socrates?
(a) Renunciation.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Cleansing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should Socrates resent dying according to Cebes?

2. Who owns men according to 62c?

3. What is the only way to truly achieve virtue according to Socrates?

4. What does fear and terror make men brave beside of?

5. Who does the philosopher want to be with according to Socrates?

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