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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 becomes contradictory if one is not well versed in a subject of a speech according to Socrates?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Interpretations.
(c) Conclusions.
(d) Logic.

2. What does Socrates say love is deprived of at the end of his speech?
(a) Guidance.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) All of these.
(d) Wisdom.

3. What does Socrates say about insanity in his second speech?
(a) It is natural.
(b) It is common.
(c) It is pleasant.
(d) It is god-like.

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

5. Who took a nymph from the stream of Illissus?
(a) Boreas.
(b) Borgon.
(c) Borneo.
(d) Borus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lysias say lovers regret?

2. What kind of relationship does Phaedras think is superior?

3. What does Socrates say wrong speeches can lead to?

4. What trait does Socrates say most lovers want to see in their partners?

5. What does Socrates say he is addicted to at the beginning of the book?

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