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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 are equally important for preparing to deliver a good speech?
(a) Confidence and truth.
(b) Knowledge and tone.
(c) Understanding and practice.
(d) Appreciation and pride.

2. What does Socrates say can lose an entire audience of a good speech?
(a) The length.
(b) The language.
(c) The tone.
(d) The theme.

3. What will most men look for in a mate according to Socrates?
(a) Someone who resembles themself.
(b) Someone who calms them.
(c) Someone who they have a bond with.
(d) Someone who is beautiful.

4. What remains when desire becomes pain?
(a) Past happiness.
(b) Future desires.
(c) The memory of beauty.
(d) The pleasure of pain.

5. What is a choice Socrates says men make every day?
(a) To act or be acted upon.
(b) To learn or fester.
(c) To live or die.
(d) To fear or overcome.

6. What does Socrates say is a common attribute among slaves?
(a) Idleness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pride.
(d) Despair.

7. What does Phaedras say writers consider themselves above?
(a) Educators.
(b) Other writers.
(c) Women.
(d) Non-writers.

8. What does Phaedras say persuasion often does NOT require?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Logic.
(c) Familiarity.
(d) Skill.

9. When does a soul overcome by desire become frantic?
(a) When waking.
(b) When sleeping.
(c) At night.
(d) During the day.

10. What knowledge does Socrates say helped him become a good speech writer?
(a) The worth of language.
(b) The nature of the mind.
(c) The truth of all things.
(d) The response of audiences.

11. What kind of inspiration does Apollo provide?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Prophetic.
(d) Love.

12. What does Socrates say the image of eternal beauty does to the black horse?
(a) Adores it.
(b) Motivates it.
(c) Scares it.
(d) Elevates it.

13. Who wrote about duplicate expression?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Pollot.
(c) Polus.
(d) Pollack.

14. What two things does Socrates say pleasures can be?
(a) Active and inactive.
(b) Happy and sad.
(c) Constructive and deconstructive.
(d) Appropriate and inappropriate.

15. What does Socrates say it is better to engage in than sleep?
(a) Reading.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Pondering.
(d) Discussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phaedras say makes something debatable?

2. What is involved in the synthesis method of analysis?

3. What kind of inspiration does Dionysus provide?

4. What does Socrates say all desires lead to if allowed?

5. What does Socrates say men usually engage in?

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