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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phaedras promise to do if Socrates can change his mind?
(a) Convince Lysias.
(b) End his relationship.
(c) Spread the word.
(d) Write his own speech.

2. What does reason discard when it is in control according to Socrates?
(a) Needs.
(b) Desire.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Love.

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

4. What does Socrates say people with unsound minds like?
(a) Things that help their relationship.
(b) Things that agree with them.
(c) Things that remind them of their lover.
(d) Things that please their lover.

5. What does Socrates say his obligation as an orator is?
(a) To keep his mind balanced.
(b) To give entertaining speeches.
(c) To keep the gods' happy.
(d) To give correct speeches.

6. What does Lysias say will be present in a prudent relationship?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Love and kindness.
(c) The advancement of all partners.
(d) Happiness.

7. Which of the following does Socrates say mania can deliver?
(a) Calm.
(b) Safety.
(c) Fear.
(d) Truth.

8. What trait does Socrates say most lovers want to see in their partners?
(a) Needs.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Pride.
(d) Agreement.

9. Where does Socrates say men get most of their education from?
(a) School.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Experience.
(d) Reading.

10. What does Socrates say leads to isolation in loving relationships?
(a) Age.
(b) Differing ideas.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Past differences.

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

12. What does Socrates say one must do when dealing with a subject in a speech?
(a) Write about the subject.
(b) Know the subject.
(c) All of these.
(d) Ponder the subject.

13. What kind of relationship does Phaedras think is superior?
(a) Loving relationships.
(b) Homosexual relationships.
(c) Moderated relationships.
(d) Non-loving relationships.

14. What does Socrates say people overcome by the desire to love spend their time doing?
(a) Pleasing the one they love.
(b) Fulfilling personal gratification.
(c) Feeding sexual desires.
(d) Pleasing themselves.

15. What does Socrates say mania is a part of in his second speech?
(a) Redeeming the dead.
(b) Annointing the past.
(c) Creating a future.
(d) Striving for perfection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates think is different about people in the city from people in the country?

2. What is another name for the Delphic women?

3. What does Socrates say about stories with little factual information?

4. What does lack of control in desires lead to according to Socrates?

5. What does Socrates think the only reason to make a speech should be?

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