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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 Socrates says of his ability with the area he is looking into, in order to answer Cebes' question?
(a) He has intimate knowledge of it.
(b) It is a useless area for a philosopher.
(c) He has little ability in it.
(d) He never practiced it.

2. What groups can no one join if they have not practiced philosophy and do not leave this life pure?
(a) Enlightened.
(b) Contemplatives.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Gods.

3. What does Anaxagoras appeal to to explain causes?
(a) The will of men.
(b) The gods.
(c) Local causes.
(d) Effects.

4. What is better than divine doctrine concerning the next life according to Simmias?
(a) Discovering it firsthand.
(b) Knowing nothing.
(c) The best of men's theories.
(d) Socrates' doctrine.

5. What doesn't Socrates have time for in 107c-115e?
(a) Explain why he is going to die.
(b) Eat with his friends.
(c) Tell another story.
(d) Defend his beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't earth need to prevent it from falling?

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

3. What happen after the soul reaches and is accepted at the next station after death?

4. How does Socrates try to uncover causes?

5. Where do the ones that lived an average life go after death according to Socrates?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of 81b-88b, what does Socrates say the soul cannot be damaged by?

2. What does Socrates say of the Forms and the particular?

3. What does Socrates conclude on the explanation in the changes of things?

4. What does Socrates think of the shape of earth?

5. What does Socrates say about the Beautiful?

6. What does Socrates say of the journey of well-ordered souls?

7. How will philosophy free the soul, according to 81b - 88b?

8. What is Tartarus according to Socrates?

9. What do Phaedo and Echecrates want more of?

10. What happens to the soul after death according to Socrates?

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