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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 does Socrates say the soul readily identifies?
(a) Danger.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Happiness.

2. What is Phaedras full of after hearing Socrates's second speech?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Anger.
(d) Embarrassment.

3. What does Socrates think people need to have sympathy towards?
(a) The elderly.
(b) The uneducated.
(c) All of these.
(d) Poverty.

4. What does Phaedras promise to do if Socrates can change his mind?
(a) Convince Lysias.
(b) Spread the word.
(c) Write his own speech.
(d) End his relationship.

5. What does Socrates say it is better to engage in than sleep?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Pondering.
(c) Discussion.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What facilitated the achievements of the Delphic women?

2. What is the most important element of speech for rhetoricians?

3. What does Lysias say lovers regret?

4. What does Phaedras say a man must know about before delivering a good speech?

5. What does Phaedras say is a common attribute among writers?

(see the answer key)

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