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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 the soul readily identifies?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Danger.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Beauty.

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

3. What is another word for the conclusion of a speech?
(a) Theme.
(b) Moral.
(c) Recapitulation.
(d) Summary.

4. 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.

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

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

7. What do rhetoricians use to change the appearance of matters?
(a) Logic.
(b) Truth.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Manipulation.

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

9. What do souls in a perfect state not know?
(a) Anger.
(b) Evil.
(c) Reality.
(d) Danger.

10. What did Thrasymachus write about in his speeches?
(a) Politics.
(b) Legends.
(c) Religion.
(d) Calumnies.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Socrates say writing must be in order to be honorable?
(a) Prepared and researched.
(b) Presented in an appropriate manner.
(c) Endowed with good qulaities.
(d) Well cited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does pure beauty inspire the growth of?

2. What is the most important element of speech for rhetoricians?

3. What kind of particles is beauty able to move?

4. What kind of inspiration does Aphrodite provide?

5. What kind of feelings does Socrates say true beauty can inspire?

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