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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is not a lust of the body?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Sex.
(c) Food.
(d) Love.

2. What part of Socrates' body was troubling him on that day?
(a) Hand.
(b) Heart.
(c) Foot.
(d) Leg.

3. What is not experienced by a "true" philosopher?
(a) Fear.
(b) Human law.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Death.

4. Gentle people may return as what kind of creature?
(a) Predatory.
(b) Social.
(c) Docile.
(d) Still.

5. The murmuring in Socrates' ears sounds like what type of music?
(a) Flute.
(b) Lute.
(c) Violin.
(d) Sitar.

6. In which other dialogue does the reader learn about Socrates' personal philosophy?
(a) Crito.
(b) Euthyphro.
(c) Apology.
(d) Phaedo.

7. At some point the issues of the body become _________________.
(a) Dominant.
(b) Irrelevant.
(c) Irritating.
(d) Purposeful.

8. Who was not with Socrates upon his death?
(a) Simmias.
(b) Cebes.
(c) Plato.
(d) Crito.

9. The visitor proposes ________________.
(a) Lunch.
(b) Bargaining with the court.
(c) Death.
(d) Escape.

10. Which of the following is not among the things sought by a philosopher?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Truth.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Spirit.

11. The question relates directly to what item?
(a) God.
(b) Life force.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Soul.

12. Socrates argues that he did not make his decision in ________.
(a) Haste.
(b) Leisure.
(c) An uninformed manner.
(d) Silence.

13. Where did the classical perspective of thinking originate?
(a) Greece.
(b) Japan.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Italy.

14. What examples are used to illustrate the point?
(a) Beauty/Wisdom.
(b) True/False.
(c) Sleeping/Waking.
(d) Avoidance/Omission.

15. In this section the philosophers study Socrates' theory of ____________.
(a) Denial.
(b) Truth.
(c) Absolutes.
(d) Opposites.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Socrates believe he will die?

2. Socrates does not want to be seen as being a _____________.

3. Socrates intends to uphold _______________.

4. When does one become acquainted with absolutes?

5. Who is asked about the difference between good and evil by Socrates?

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