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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 is Phaedras most concerned about with the speech he reads to Socrates?
(a) The subject.
(b) The language.
(c) The form.
(d) The feeling.

2. What does Socrates say lies in desire?
(a) Love.
(b) Production.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Passion.

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

4. What does Lysias say lovers regret?
(a) Their kindness.
(b) Their assumptions.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their selfishness.

5. What does Socrates say is addicting at the plane tree by the river?
(a) The sounds.
(b) The beauty.
(c) The peace.
(d) The fragrance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates call the force of an uncontrolled desire for love?

2. What does lack of control in desires lead to according to Socrates?

3. What does Socrates say guides our actions?

4. What compels Socrates to give a speech of his own?

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

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