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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (235-241).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say people with unsound minds dislike?
(a) Things that surprise them.
(b) Things that don't involve them.
(c) Things that are superior to them.
(d) Thins that help their relationship.

2. What subject does Socrates say is the most pertinent?
(a) Study of language.
(b) Study of oneself.
(c) Study in agriculture.
(d) Study of history.

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

4. How does Phaedras feel when Socrates starts to explain how to arrange a good speech?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Excited.

5. What does Socrates say one must do when dealing with a subject in a speech?
(a) All of these.
(b) Ponder the subject.
(c) Know the subject.
(d) Write about the subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. What choice in relationships does Socrates say would benefit society?

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

3. What do Socrates and Phaedras talk about when they meet each other at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Lysias say the most rewarding relationship consists of?

5. How does Socrates feel about all the sites that Phaedras takes him to?

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