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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 73a - 81a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was present for Socrates' death according to the men at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) A good many of Socrates' friends.
(b) Only the judge and executor.
(c) A good many of Socrates' enemies.
(d) The Athenian senate.

2. According to the account of his death, how did Socrates lived his life?
(a) With the blessing of the gods.
(b) As dangerously as he could.
(c) With great respect for it.
(d) Without any fear of tomorrow.

3. Who does Socrates argue are good masters?
(a) Athens' military.
(b) The senate.
(c) Women.
(d) His gods.

4. What does Socrates argue philosophy would allow a man to face with a happy face?
(a) Writing.
(b) Death.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) War.

5. What does Simmias tell Socrates about the ideas of the Just, the Beautiful and the Good?
(a) They are for women.
(b) He applies them every day.
(c) He never saw them.
(d) Only children can follow them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who recounts Socrates' death at the start of "Phaedo"?

3. How does course and moderation see death according to Socrates' argument?

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

5. In "Phaedo", what is the abstract fact about the world that makes it true that two sticks are of the same type?

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