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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 88c - 95a.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Socrates argue is not possible without wisdom?
(a) Fear.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Love.

3. What did "the Eleven" tell Socrates according to the account?
(a) That he would be freed the next day.
(b) How he would die.
(c) The names of his accusers.
(d) What his crimes are.

4. Why did Socrates decide to pursue the arts according to his conversation with Cebes?
(a) He was rejected from medical school.
(b) A dream told him to.
(c) He wasn't good at anything else.
(d) His mother told him to.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Socrates tell Cebes to relate his final writing to?

2. What does Philosophy tell men about the senses?

3. According to Socrates, what equal never is?

4. What does the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?

5. What does Socrates argue small things come from?

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