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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 (265-272).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most important element of speech for rhetoricians?
(a) Reason.
(b) Rigor.
(c) Possibilities.
(d) Probabilities.

2. What do the Muses use to inspire humans?
(a) Poetry.
(b) All of these.
(c) Madness.
(d) Music.

3. What trait does Socrates say most lovers want to see in their partners?
(a) Agreement.
(b) Pride.
(c) Needs.
(d) Weakness.

4. What does Socrates say brings lovers the most satisfaction in their relationships?
(a) Being praised.
(b) Having someone to praise.
(c) Being depended on.
(d) Having someone to depend on.

5. What does Socrates say souls will retain in different lives?
(a) Their memories of happiness.
(b) Their feelings of pain.
(c) Their bonds with lovers.
(d) Their association with the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Socrates say some people seem unsound of mind when they are in love?

2. What is Socrates embarrassed about when he begins his speech to Phaedras?

3. What does Socrates say about white chariot horses?

4. What does Socrates say men usually engage in?

5. What becomes contradictory if one is not well versed in a subject of a speech according to Socrates?

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