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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. How big does Socrates think earth is?
(a) About a thousand miles.
(b) Small.
(c) The size of the universe.
(d) Quite large.

2. What does Socrates argue the soul lacks?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Foresight.
(c) Love.
(d) Disharmony.

3. What does Socrates say of the fullest soul?
(a) It is a mover.
(b) It is eternal.
(c) It controls the souls of other people.
(d) It is immortal.

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

5. What does Socrates think about the path to Hades and back?
(a) Many exist.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) The path is well guarded.
(d) There is only one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simmias think of knowledge about the next life?

2. What could a glutton return as according to Socrates?

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

4. What must first happen to those who die according to Socrates?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Socrates worry that he might hurt his senses?

2. How does the soul rule the man according to Socrates?

3. What does Socrates say about caring for the soul?

4. Why was Socrates disappointed by Anaxagoras?

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

6. What are the four major rivers of the earth according to Socrates?

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

8. What does Socrates think of the nature of the soul before and after death?

9. What do Phaedo and Echecrates want more of?

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

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