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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 does reason discard when it is in control according to Socrates?
(a) Desire.
(b) Needs.
(c) Love.
(d) Emotion.

2. What does Phaedras appreciate about Socrates's statement about relationships?
(a) The controversial nature.
(b) The honesty.
(c) The logic.
(d) The language.

3. What does Socrates say guides desire?
(a) Stability and progress.
(b) Happiness and torture.
(c) Reason and emotion.
(d) Nature and heredity.

4. What does Phedras want from Socrates when he threatens him?
(a) To keep quiet about the speech he read.
(b) To come to dinner.
(c) To be kind ot Lysias.
(d) To give a speech of his own.

5. What does Socrates like most about the speech read by Phaedras?
(a) The language.
(b) The subject.
(c) The form.
(d) The feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say about stories with little factual information?

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

3. What is the Delphic motto?

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

5. What does Socrates say leads to isolation in loving relationships?

(see the answer key)

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