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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Socrates describe the Delphic women's accomplishments?
(a) Amazing.
(b) Noble.
(c) Productive.
(d) Desirous.

2. What does lack of control in desires lead to according to Socrates?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Misery.
(c) Overindulgence.
(d) Death.

3. What disability did Stesichorus have?
(a) He was deaf.
(b) He had one leg.
(c) He was schizophrenic.
(d) He was blind.

4. How did Stesichorus receive his disability?
(a) He ignored the truth in his poems.
(b) He offended the gods.
(c) He was caught in a horrible storm.
(d) He was punished for a crime.

5. What do Socrates and Phaedras talk about when they meet each other at the beginning of the book?
(a) Politics.
(b) A speech.
(c) A popular book.
(d) Athletics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say people overcome by the desire to love spend their time doing?

2. What is the Delphic motto?

3. What does Socrates say he is addicted to at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Lysias say will be present in a prudent relationship?

5. What does Socrates want in a place to hear the speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Phaedras say to get Socrates to deliver a speech of his own?

2. How are the reborn lives of humans decided according to Socrates?

3. What does Lysais say are the main benefits in the kind of relationship Lysias has with Phaedras?

4. What is Eros, and what are its effects?

5. What is Lysias promoting in his speech?

6. Who is Boreas?

7. What does Socrates say causes most disappointments in loving relationships?

8. What does Socrates say happens when two lovers live together for an extended period?

9. What does Socrates compare most loving relationships to?

10. What are Socrates and Phaedras doing at the beginning of the book, and why?

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