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

2. What does Socrates say people with unsound minds dislike?
(a) Things that are superior to them.
(b) Thins that help their relationship.
(c) Things that surprise them.
(d) Things that don't involve them.

3. What are Socrates and Phaedras doing when they meet each other at the beginning of the book?
(a) Reading.
(b) Exercising.
(c) Waiting.
(d) Resting.

4. What does Socrates define in his speech to Phaedras?
(a) The influence of love.
(b) The role of language.
(c) The proper relationship.
(d) The need for poems.

5. How does Socrates feel about Lysias's statement about prudent relationships?
(a) He is in full agreement.
(b) He thinks it is rediculous.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He is skeptical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates like most about the speech read by Phaedras?

2. What does Socrates think people need to have sympathy towards?

3. What topic did Lysias discuss with Phaedras before writing his speech?

4. What disability did Stesichorus have?

5. Who made good predictions when insane?

(see the answer key)

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