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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the goal of a philosopher according to Socrates?
(a) To avoid dying.
(b) To avoid confrontation with the law.
(c) To practice for death and dying.
(d) To speak the truth.

3. What is Socrates looking into to answer Cebes' question?
(a) Why the soul is harmony.
(b) Why things came to be and perished.
(c) Why things live so long.
(d) Why the soul is blind.

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

5. What does Socrates say cannot contain a harmony?
(a) The soul.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) The body.
(d) A harmony.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do we lose knowledge, according to Socrates?

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

3. What is Socrates starting to discuss after abandoning his thinking of empirical causes?

4. What does Socrates say the philosopher separates?

5. What does Socrates think about the path to Hades and back?

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