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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 did Thrasymachus write about in his speeches?
(a) Politics.
(b) Legends.
(c) Religion.
(d) Calumnies.

2. What word does Phaedras use to describe the affect of writing?
(a) All of these.
(b) Cruel.
(c) Beneficial.
(d) Prideful.

3. What compels Socrates to give a speech of his own?
(a) Phaedras's threat.
(b) The need to teach.
(c) All of these.
(d) Competition with Lysias.

4. What knowledge does Socrates say helped him become a good speech writer?
(a) The truth of all things.
(b) The nature of the mind.
(c) The worth of language.
(d) The response of audiences.

5. What is involved in the synthesis method of analysis?
(a) A comparison.
(b) An isolated look.
(c) A definition of the subject.
(d) A further study.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Socrates and Phaedras doing when they meet each other at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Socrates say one must do when dealing with a subject in a speech?

4. Why does Socrates say some people seem unsound of mind when they are in love?

5. What does Phaedras say writing does differently than other professions?

(see the answer key)

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