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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "mislogic", according to Socrates?
(a) Hatred of logic.
(b) Incorrect use of logic.
(c) Not understanding logic.
(d) Losing a logical argument.

2. Who lost control of his emotions at Socrates' execution?
(a) Echecrates.
(b) Crito.
(c) Phaedo.
(d) Appollonius.

3. What is the reason, according to Socrates, for "mislogic"?
(a) People don't understand the limitations of logic.
(b) People are more interested in "winning" an argument than in knowing the truth.
(c) People are defeated in logical arguments.
(d) People don't know how to use logic correctly.

4. According to Socrates and his friends, what happens to a soul after it spends some time in the Underworld?
(a) It reemerges as a new mortal.
(b) It ascends to Heaven.
(c) It forgets its previous life.
(d) It is assimilated by the life force of the cosmos.

5. When did Socrates' dialogue with Crito take place?
(a) At Socrates' execution.
(b) Before Socrates was informed that he was being prosecuted.
(c) Before Socrates' sentencing.
(d) After Socrates' sentencing, but before his death.

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

7. Which is the longest of the four dialogues?
(a) The Phaedo.
(b) The Apology.
(c) The Euthyphro.
(d) The Crito.

8. What did Socrates expect when he passed into the Underworld, according to his dialogue with Crito?
(a) He expects to meet his friends who have passed before him.
(b) He expects to be reborn into another life.
(c) He expects to have all his questions answered.
(d) He expects to be judged.

9. Who is Crito?
(a) Socrates' friend.
(b) Meletus' cousin.
(c) Euthyphro's nephew.
(d) Socrates' son.

10. What do we know about Phaedo?
(a) He suffered terribly.
(b) His intellect rivaled that of Socrates.
(c) He died at a very early age.
(d) He was not an actual living person.

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

12. Why did Socrates ask Crito to be cautious?
(a) So that the guards wouldn't overhear them.
(b) So that Socrates' friends didn't discover his escape plot.
(c) So that Crito didn't implicate himself.
(d) So that the two could determine their own, and one another's, beliefs about what is just.

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

14. According to Crito's dialogue with Socrates, who had the right to control a given set of circumstances, or a relationship?
(a) The ones who had been given authority by the state.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) Qualified individuals, or experts.
(d) The most ethical.

15. Why did Socrates insist on going through with his sentence?
(a) He wanted to make a point.
(b) He was in a lot of pain and didn't mind the idea of death.
(c) It was just for him to do so.
(d) He didn't want to endanger any of his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Phaedo?

2. What did the Pythagoreans like to explore?

3. What new activity did Socrates try while in prison?

4. Who took the young woman home when she was overcome with emotion?

5. What metaphor did Crito and Socrates use to illustrate their point about authority?

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