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

2. What does Phaedras threaten Socrates with?
(a) To end their friendship.
(b) Never to give another speech.
(c) To take credit for his speech.
(d) Never to walk with him again.

3. What does Socrates define in his speech to Phaedras?
(a) The influence of love.
(b) The proper relationship.
(c) The role of language.
(d) The need for poems.

4. Who took a nymph from the stream of Illissus?
(a) Borgon.
(b) Borus.
(c) Boreas.
(d) Borneo.

5. What does Socrates say those in love care most about?
(a) Their privacy.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their lovers.
(d) Their image.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Socrates say lies in desire?

3. What does Socrates think people need to have sympathy towards?

4. What does Socrates say he is addicted to at the beginning of the book?

5. What is Lysias's occupation?

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