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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 (265-272).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most important element of speech for rhetoricians?
(a) Probabilities.
(b) Reason.
(c) Rigor.
(d) Possibilities.

2. What is Acumenus's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

3. What does Socrates say rhetoric must have to be considered art?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Persuasion.
(c) Presentation.
(d) Truth.

4. What does Phaedras say writing encourages among writers?
(a) High regard.
(b) Education.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Frustration.

5. What kind of feelings does Socrates say true beauty can inspire?
(a) Joy and relief.
(b) Rest and relaxation.
(c) Pleasure and pain.
(d) Desire and impulse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lysias say will be present in a prudent relationship?

2. What is another word for the conclusion of a speech?

3. Who is the man at the beginning of Socrates's speech in love with?

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

5. What does Socrates think is different about people in the city from people in the country?

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