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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (242-248).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phaedras think Socrates needs to add to his speech?
(a) Real life examples.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Some more analogies.
(d) Advantages of a non loving relationship.

2. What does lack of control in desires lead to according to Socrates?
(a) Overindulgence.
(b) Death.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Misery.

3. What must be linked in order for someone to predict the future?
(a) The truth and the past.
(b) The perfect and divine.
(c) The future and the past.
(d) The needs and the wants.

4. What does Socrates say those in love care most about?
(a) Their lovers.
(b) Their privacy.
(c) Their image.
(d) Themselves.

5. What is more worthwhile to Socrates than opinions?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Histories.
(c) Inclinations.
(d) Actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lysias visit with Epicrates?

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

3. How would gods make love divine?

4. What does Socrates say causes passion between lovers?

5. What is the temple by the stream of Illissus built in honor of?

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