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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say about stories with little factual information?
(a) They are full of symbols.
(b) They are just as needed as others.
(c) They can't be trusted.
(d) They are hard to realize.

2. What does Socrates say guides our actions?
(a) Impulse.
(b) Desire.
(c) Motive.
(d) Love.

3. What compels Socrates to give a speech of his own?
(a) All of these.
(b) Phaedras's threat.
(c) Competition with Lysias.
(d) The need to teach.

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

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

6. What does Socrates say must be arranged correctly in a good speech?
(a) The points.
(b) The subject.
(c) The language.
(d) The rise and fall.

7. How did Stesichorus receive his disability?
(a) He was caught in a horrible storm.
(b) He offended the gods.
(c) He was punished for a crime.
(d) He ignored the truth in his poems.

8. Who is the man at the beginning of Socrates's speech in love with?
(a) A small girl.
(b) A small boy.
(c) A married woman.
(d) A cousin.

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

10. Why does Socrates not want to take Phaedras's advice about his speech?
(a) It would be hard for him.
(b) It would be redundant.
(c) It would offend people.
(d) It would be too long.

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

12. What is Socrates embarrassed about when he begins his speech to Phaedras?
(a) Competing with Lysias.
(b) None of these.
(c) Revealing information about himself.
(d) Discussing a sensitive subject.

13. What does Socrates say guides desire?
(a) Stability and progress.
(b) Happiness and torture.
(c) Nature and heredity.
(d) Reason and emotion.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of art was well liked in Socrates's time?

2. What does Phedras want from Socrates when he threatens him?

3. Where does Socrates say men get most of their education from?

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

5. What facilitated the achievements of the Delphic women?

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