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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 is the most important tool in the outline of a speech?
(a) Experience.
(b) Logic.
(c) Organization.
(d) Emotion.

2. What does Socrates say happens to lovers who restrain desire?
(a) They end the passion.
(b) They seek friendship.
(c) None of these.
(d) They become enslaved.

3. What kind of inspiration provided by the gods is the best according to Socrates?
(a) Love.
(b) Musical.
(c) Prophecy.
(d) Poetic.

4. Which god gets violent when in love?
(a) Ares.
(b) Venus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Poseidon.

5. 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.

6. What does Phaedras say a man must know about before delivering a good speech?
(a) All of these.
(b) Certain things.
(c) The truth.
(d) Uncertain things.

7. What does Socrates say about white chariot horses?
(a) They are unpredictable.
(b) They are dangerous.
(c) They are prideful.
(d) They are noble.

8. What about pleasures does Socrates say men need to recognize?
(a) The good and bad causes.
(b) The affect of them on other people.
(c) The manner in which they come about.
(d) The advantages and disadvantages.

9. What does Socrates say make the bodies of gods perfect?
(a) The inspiration.
(b) The complex nature.
(c) The simplicity.
(d) The uniqueness.

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

11. What does Phaedras say writing encourages among writers?
(a) Frustration.
(b) High regard.
(c) Education.
(d) Happiness.

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

13. What does Socrates say the soul retains in its next life?
(a) Its memory.
(b) All of these.
(c) Its vision.
(d) Its appearance.

14. What must a man have a knowledge of in order to give any speech according to Socrates?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Culture.
(c) Education.
(d) Religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say the best speeches evoke?

2. What does Socrates always hope the hearers of his speeches will form?

3. What two things does Socrates say pleasures can be?

4. What is the first elemental part of a good rhetoric speech?

5. What does Socrates say rhetoric must have to be considered art?

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