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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 115a - 118a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates decide to consider after abandoning his thinking of empirical causes?
(a) How the soul escapes the body.
(b) The value of a senator's soul.
(c) Consider matters through his soul alone.
(d) The truth behind harmony.

2. What analogy does Simmias abandon in 88c-95a?
(a) Love/hate.
(b) Life/death.
(c) Philosophy/maturity.
(d) Harp/harmony.

3. What does the start of 88c-95a say about what Phaedo and others thought of Socrates' arguments?
(a) They were impressive.
(b) They were short.
(c) They were disappointing.
(d) They were off topic.

4. What can be compared by using reference to knowledge of the perfect form?
(a) Gods.
(b) Men.
(c) Unequal things.
(d) Partly equal things.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks the path to Hades easily according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates remarks of Cebes and Simmias in 115a-118a?

3. Why was Socrates held prior to dying, according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?

4. What is Socrates wondering about the state of the soul when it leaves the body at the start of 81b-88b?

5. Why is the soul in a poor state after it leaves the body according to Socrates?

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