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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Crito say about Socrates' dream?
(a) He agreed with Socrates' interpretation of it.
(b) He felt that it was strange and mysterious.
(c) He felt that Socrates interpreted it incorrectly.
(d) He didn't think it was significant enough to interpret.

2. According to Crito and Socrates, is it just to harm another person if it is purely in retaliation?
(a) It depends on the circumstances.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) The two can't agree.

3. According to Tarrant, what is one modern debate which is similar in nature to the issues in the "Phaedo"?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Intelligent Design.
(c) Capital punishment.
(d) Nature vs. nurture.

4. Against who were Socrates and his partner debating at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Cebes and Crito.
(b) Phaedo and Crito.
(c) Simmias and Crito.
(d) Simmias and Cebes.

5. What was the other possibility that Socrates contemplated regarding the afterlife?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Eternal damnation.
(d) Complete annihilation.

6. What theory did the Pythagoreans have about the human soul?
(a) They felt that the soul only lasted as long as the body did.
(b) They felt that the soul was eternal and unchanging.
(c) They didn't believe in the concept of the soul.
(d) They didn't have a theory about the human soul.

7. On what day does the "Phaedo" take place?
(a) The day of Socrates' execution.
(b) A week after Socrates' execution.
(c) The day of Socrates' trial.
(d) Two days before Socrates' execution.

8. Who was on Socrates' team in the debate at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Phaedo.
(b) Cebes.
(c) Crito.
(d) Simmias.

9. How did Socrates interpret his dream?
(a) He felt that Apollo might save him from his fate.
(b) He knew what awaited him in the Underworld.
(c) He believed he had two days left to live.
(d) He believed there might be a way for him to escape his execution.

10. Why did Crito come to visit Socrates?
(a) Socrates owed him money.
(b) Out of friendship.
(c) He hoped to prevent Socrates' execution.
(d) He wanted to take care of Socrates' family after his death.

11. According to the introduction to the Phaedo, what are the most likely causes of suicide?
(a) Release from pain, or consequences.
(b) Guilt and low self-worth.
(c) A desire for attention, or to be remembered.
(d) A desire for a measure of control over one's death.

12. What did Crito offer Socrates?
(a) A more comfortable place to spend his final days.
(b) An overturned sentence.
(c) A safe place to escape to.
(d) Money.

13. How was Socrates executed?
(a) Thrown to the lions.
(b) Drawing and quartering.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) Self-administered hemlock poisoning.

14. Each theory about the afterlife that is presented by Socrates' friends represents a different conception of what?
(a) Mortality.
(b) The soul.
(c) The gods.
(d) Religion.

15. What metaphor does Tarrant use to describe the different mentalities in the Phaedo?
(a) A child and his father.
(b) A student and his teacher.
(c) Two siblings in a rival relationship.
(d) A slave and his master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for realizing that one's expectations are too high?

2. Who is Phaedo?

3. Who lost control of his emotions at Socrates' execution?

4. What did Crito say about how he would be affected, personally, by Socrates' death?

5. What did Socrates and his partner realize, via their debate with their friends, about the nature of truth?

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