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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 107c - 115e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Socrates trying to convince with his arguments about the immortality of the soul?
(a) Cebes.
(b) Himself.
(c) Phaedo.
(d) Simmias.

2. To whom do the souls that wander the earth belong according to Socrates?
(a) To politicians.
(b) To inferior men.
(c) To women.
(d) To good men.

3. What is Socrates looking into to answer Cebes' question?
(a) Why the soul is harmony.
(b) Why things live so long.
(c) Why things came to be and perished.
(d) Why the soul is blind.

4. According to Socrates, what do the ones who love wisdom desire?
(a) Ignore wisdom until they die.
(b) Marry and have children to test them.
(c) Learn wisdom from Socrates.
(d) Be where true wisdom is.

5. What does Socrates argue small things come from?
(a) From larger things.
(b) From even smaller things.
(c) From men.
(d) From the afterworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philosophy tell men about the senses?

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

3. What does Socrates argue cannot come from the present life in 73a-81a?

4. What position does Simmias accept concerning the soul?

5. What doesn't Socrates have time for in 107c-115e?

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