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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 (248-256).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Lysias's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Athlete.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Rhetorician.

3. What does Socrates say people with unsound minds like?
(a) Things that help their relationship.
(b) Things that remind them of their lover.
(c) Things that please their lover.
(d) Things that agree with them.

4. Who is Eros's mother?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Megura.
(c) Venus.
(d) Diana.

5. What kind of relationship does Phaedras think is superior?
(a) Non-loving relationships.
(b) Loving relationships.
(c) Moderated relationships.
(d) Homosexual relationships.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Phedras want from Socrates when he threatens him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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