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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the body do according to Socrates?
(a) Liberates.
(b) Ruins hope.
(c) Distract from love.
(d) Enslaves.
2. What is the goal of a philosopher according to Socrates?
(a) To avoid dying.
(b) To speak the truth.
(c) To avoid confrontation with the law.
(d) To practice for death and dying.
3. What does Cebes argue is the logical conclusion of a man always giving the right answer?
(a) He is lucky.
(b) The questions are easy.
(c) The man has great knowledge.
(d) The knowledge is innate.
4. What does fear and terror make men brave beside of?
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Women.
(d) Senators.
5. What does purification consist of according to Socrates?
(a) Cleansing.
(b) Renunciation.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Cebes argue a man can always answer correctly?
2. In "Phaedo", what is the abstract fact about the world that makes it true that two sticks are of the same type?
3. Who does Socrates tell Cebes to relate his final writing to?
4. What did "the Eleven" tell Socrates according to the account?
5. Why are moderates amongst the masses also moderate out of fear according to Socrates?
Short Essay Questions
1. What should those who love learning do and why?
2. How do things exist and what does this explain about the two parts of the body?
3. What, according to Socrates, does not come from the body and what does the body cause?
4. What belief of Simmias' does Socrates question?
5. What does recollection imply about similarity?
6. What does Cebes ask about committing suicide and what does Socrates admit?
7. What must man do in order to attain pure knowledge?
8. When Socrates was on trial, what happened to his wife?
9. Based on the beginning of 73a-81, what does Socrates teach about recollection?
10. What does Socrates state about the fusion of body and soul at the beginning of 66b-72e?
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