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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. What does Phedras want from Socrates when he threatens him?
(a) To keep quiet about the speech he read.
(b) To come to dinner.
(c) To be kind ot Lysias.
(d) To give a speech of his own.

2. What compels Socrates to give a speech of his own?
(a) The need to teach.
(b) Phaedras's threat.
(c) All of these.
(d) Competition with Lysias.

3. What does Socrates call the force of an uncontrolled desire for love?
(a) Eros.
(b) Passion.
(c) Amor.
(d) Luxury.

4. What does Socrates say must be arranged correctly in a good speech?
(a) The subject.
(b) The points.
(c) The language.
(d) The rise and fall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phaedras appreciate about Socrates's statement about relationships?

2. What kind of art was well liked in Socrates's time?

3. Where did Lysias visit with Epicrates?

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

5. What kind of things does Socrates say lovers will do to slow down their partner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea does Socrates have about city people as opposed to country people?

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

3. What does Lysias say is the main disadvantage of a relationship between lovers?

4. Why does Socrates say some men are seen as mad when they are not?

5. What does Socrates say about the nature of the soul?

6. What does Socrates compare most loving relationships to?

7. What happens when muses involve themselves in madness, according to Socrates?

8. What does Socrates say about Courtesans in his speech to Phaedras?

9. What does Phaedras say is the danger in love overcoming emotion?

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

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