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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does course and moderation see death according to Socrates' argument?
(a) Evil.
(b) Good.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Unavoidable.
2. What does Cebes argue is the logical conclusion of a man always giving the right answer?
(a) The questions are easy.
(b) He is lucky.
(c) The man has great knowledge.
(d) The knowledge is innate.
3. How do things appear when perceived by the senses according to Socrates?
(a) Unequal.
(b) Imperfectly equal.
(c) Partly equal.
(d) Equal.
4. What can be compared by using reference to knowledge of the perfect form?
(a) Partly equal things.
(b) Men.
(c) Unequal things.
(d) Gods.
5. What does Socrates argue philosophy would allow a man to face with a happy face?
(a) Death.
(b) Writing.
(c) War.
(d) Mathematics.
6. Who does the account of Socrates' death say were present beside Socrates' friends?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Members of the Senate.
(c) Some strangers.
(d) The undertaker.
7. What is the goal of a philosopher according to Socrates?
(a) To practice for death and dying.
(b) To speak the truth.
(c) To avoid confrontation with the law.
(d) To avoid dying.
8. What does Socrates argue about our knowledge of Greater, smaller, Beautiful, Good, Justice and Pious?
(a) It is incomplete.
(b) We recollect them from a period before the body.
(c) We cannot recollect them after 20 years of age.
(d) It is perfect.
9. What might be an obstacle to acquiring knowledge according to Socrates?
(a) Bad teachers.
(b) Women.
(c) The body.
(d) Cebes.
10. Where was Socrates held prior to dying according to the two men discussing at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) In Sparta.
(b) In jail.
(c) At home.
(d) In a temple.
11. Who wasn't present at Socrates' death according to the account?
(a) Critobulus.
(b) Menexenus.
(c) Phaedo.
(d) Plato.
12. What does the theory Socrates say some people believe in argue happens to the soul after death?
(a) They die.
(b) They go to the afterworld.
(c) They are reincarnated.
(d) Their fate depends on the gods.
13. Who was present for Socrates' death according to the men at the start of "Phaedo"?
(a) A good many of Socrates' enemies.
(b) Only the judge and executor.
(c) A good many of Socrates' friends.
(d) The Athenian senate.
14. When do we lose knowledge, according to Socrates?
(a) Before 30 years old.
(b) At birth.
(c) Before 50 years old.
(d) Before 10 years old.
15. What does Socrates argue that we must have learned what we know recollect imply?
(a) Souls preexist our bodies.
(b) No need to learn anything now.
(c) Teaching philosophy is not pointless.
(d) Recollecting past memories can be done with hypnotism.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Socrates decide to pursue the arts according to his conversation with Cebes?
2. Who claimed to have been with Socrates when he died at the start of "Phaedo"?
3. What did the one recounting the event of Socrates' death feel for him?
4. What does Socrates argue a man following philosophy would receive?
5. What is the only way to truly achieve virtue according to Socrates?
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