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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 2, The Phaedo Continued.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Tarrant recommend avoiding confusion based on differences in pagination between the versions?
(a) Use overhead projections or online versions of the book.
(b) Have everyone work on handouts that are all copied from the same book.
(c) Using content as a reference, instead of pagination.
(d) Make sure everyone who is working on the dialogues has the same version.
2. According to Tarrant, what parts of a person did the Greeks believe persisted through death?
(a) Their communicative powers.
(b) Their emotions.
(c) Their thoughts.
(d) All answers are correct.
3. What is the reason, according to Socrates, for "mislogic"?
(a) People are defeated in logical arguments.
(b) People are more interested in "winning" an argument than in knowing the truth.
(c) People don't understand the limitations of logic.
(d) People don't know how to use logic correctly.
4. What was unsettling, to Socrates, about the conversation he had with Euthyphro?
(a) Euthyphro did not seem to care about Socrates' point of view.
(b) Socrates knew that Euthyphro was going to go ahead with his prosecution, even though Socrates believed it was immoral.
(c) He realized there was no way to know for sure what the gods wanted.
(d) There were some portions of Euthyphro's argument that Socrates had difficulty understanding.
5. What happened to Socrates after his trial?
(a) His method of execution was changed.
(b) His sentence was commuted.
(c) He was caught and brought back to Athens.
(d) His execution was delayed.
Short Answer Questions
1. Each theory about the afterlife that is presented by Socrates' friends represents a different conception of what?
2. Why was Socrates involved in political conflict?
3. What is misanthropy?
4. Why did Socrates ask Crito to be cautious?
5. How did Socrates describe himself?
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