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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 Phaedras say is a common attribute among writers?
(a) Collaboration.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pride.
(d) Imagination.

2. What does Socrates say lies in desire?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Production.
(c) Passion.
(d) Love.

3. What kind of things does Socrates say lovers will do to slow down their partner?
(a) Logic.
(b) Past knowledge.
(c) Wit.
(d) All of these.

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

5. What does Socrates say souls will retain in different lives?
(a) Their memories of happiness.
(b) Their bonds with lovers.
(c) Their feelings of pain.
(d) Their association with the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Acumenus's occupation?

2. What does reason discard when it is in control according to Socrates?

3. What does Phaedras promise to do if Socrates can change his mind?

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

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

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