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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns men according to 62c?

2. Who will Socrates say he will join in death?

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

4. In "Phaedo", what is the abstract fact about the world that makes it true that two sticks are of the same type?

5. What question does Socrates ask Simmias in 62d-66a?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Simmias admit about the Just, Beautiful and the Good at the end of 62d-66a?

2. What did Socrates tell Cebes about his dream?

3. Based on the beginning of 73a-81, what does Socrates teach about recollection?

4. What, according to Socrates, does not come from the body and what does the body cause?

5. Who was present when Socrates died?

6. What does Socrates believe about freedom and what does this mean for the philosopher

7. What does Socrates wonder about in regards to knowledge?

8. What does Echecrates ask Phaedo at the beginning of "Phaedo"?

9. What do Socrates and Cebes discuss about the composite and non-composite?

10. At the beginning of 62d-66a, what does Socrates maintain about the philosopher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Phaedo", women have an ambivalent role in the text and are forced to leave the room when Socrates drinks the poison. Discuss the position of women in the text and in ancient times, and use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the dialogue from which Plato uses to write. He uses the dialogue form as more than a mere literary device and uses it as an expression of his understanding and his beliefs in the tenets of philosophy. Philosophy is a process of questioning and takes the form of dialogue. Discuss his use of the dialogue form and use the text and criticism to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Socrates likens the relationship with the gods as that of a master and slave. The gods are the perfect masters. Discuss the premise of this master slave relationship and conclude why this analogy was chosen.

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