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

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

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

4. Where does Socrates say men get most of their education from?
(a) Reading.
(b) School.
(c) Experience.
(d) Dreams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say people with unsound minds like?

2. How does Phaedras feel when Socrates starts to explain how to arrange a good speech?

3. What does pure beauty inspire the growth of?

4. What does Socrates say calms a soul overcome by desire?

5. What does reason discard when it is in control according to Socrates?

(see the answer key)

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