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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many kinds of inspiration do the gods provide?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

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

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

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

7. What does pure beauty inspire the growth of?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Wings.
(d) Stature.

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

9. What does Socrates say calms a soul overcome by desire?
(a) Contact with a loved one.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Sexual relations.
(d) Encouraging words.

10. What were the bugs who used to be human doing when they died?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Praying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

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

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

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

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

15. What is the most important element of speech for rhetoricians?
(a) Probabilities.
(b) Reason.
(c) Rigor.
(d) Possibilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do rhetoricians use to change the appearance of matters?

2. What knowledge does Socrates say helped him become a good speech writer?

3. What does Socrates say will help a soul forget bad things?

4. What does Phaedras say is a common attribute among writers?

5. What do souls in a perfect state not know?

(see the answer keys)

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