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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 (257-264).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say calms a soul overcome by desire?
(a) Sexual relations.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Encouraging words.
(d) Contact with a loved one.

2. What does Socrates say pure beauty will always involve?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Experience.
(c) Adoration.
(d) Purity.

3. What is the Recantation?
(a) A book.
(b) A song.
(c) A poem.
(d) A prayer.

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

5. What kind of art was well liked in Socrates's time?
(a) Impressionistic Art.
(b) Concrete Art.
(c) Stoic Art.
(d) Manic Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say causes passion between lovers?

2. What does Socrates define in his speech to Phaedras?

3. What does Socrates say the black horse of the chariot represents?

4. When does a soul overcome by desire become frantic?

5. What does Socrates say it is better to engage in than sleep?

(see the answer key)

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