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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 62d - 66a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates decide he should write before his death?
(a) A plea for his life.
(b) A novel.
(c) Poetry.
(d) A letter to his students.

2. Who are "the Eleven" according to Phaedo?
(a) The Senate palace guards.
(b) Socrates' best friend.
(c) Socrates' best students.
(d) The police commissioners of Athens.

3. Which two characters are talking at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) Socrates and Echecrates.
(b) Plato and Socrates.
(c) Phaedo and Echecrates.
(d) Phaedo and Plato.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates argue a man following philosophy would receive?

2. What does the soul reason best without according to Socrates?

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

4. Who was present for Socrates' death according to the men at the start of "Phaedo"?

5. Who agrees with Cebes' views on death according to 62d?

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