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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the account tell was present during Socrates' trial beside his friends?
(a) His wife and child.
(b) His sons.
(c) The chairman of the senate.
(d) His first student.

2. What does the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?
(a) They die.
(b) They go to the afterworld.
(c) Their fate depends on the gods.
(d) They are reincarnated.

3. What does Socrates think of desires?
(a) They are good for the body.
(b) They are ignored by the philosopher.
(c) They are a trap.
(d) They should not be given to women.

4. Who does the recount of Socrates' conversation with Cebes tell us was Socrates writing in honor of before his death?
(a) Apollo and Venus.
(b) Sparta.
(c) His mother.
(d) The god of the festival.

5. What is better than divine doctrine concerning the next life according to Simmias?
(a) Socrates' doctrine.
(b) Discovering it firsthand.
(c) The best of men's theories.
(d) Knowing nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say about the belief that soul could be composite after death, but non composite before?

2. Who guides each man to the next station after death?

3. What can be compared by using reference to knowledge of the perfect form?

4. What is Socrates looking into to answer Cebes' question?

5. What souls hover over the earth according to Socrates?

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