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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 about stories with little factual information?
(a) They are hard to realize.
(b) They can't be trusted.
(c) They are just as needed as others.
(d) They are full of symbols.

2. What does reason discard when it is in control according to Socrates?
(a) Needs.
(b) Desire.
(c) Love.
(d) Emotion.

3. What does Socrates say guides our actions?
(a) Desire.
(b) Love.
(c) Motive.
(d) Impulse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of relationship does Phaedras think is superior?

2. What is the Delphic motto?

3. What do Socrates and Phaedras walk by while talking at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Socrates say the soul readily identifies?

5. How does Phaedras feel about Socrates's discussion about relationships?

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