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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 good writing will be able to do?
(a) Teach the reader.
(b) Lead the reader.
(c) Confuse the reader.
(d) Engage the reader.

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

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

4. What god has the most royal features about them?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Eros.

5. What kind of feelings does Socrates say true beauty can inspire?
(a) Desire and impulse.
(b) Pleasure and pain.
(c) Joy and relief.
(d) Rest and relaxation.

6. What kind of function does Socrates consider the analytical methods to have?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Educational.
(c) Catalystic.
(d) Heroic.

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

8. What is the first elemental part of a good rhetoric speech?
(a) The thesis.
(b) The theme.
(c) The opening.
(d) The location.

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

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

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

12. What does Socrates say men usually engage in?
(a) Dangerous activities.
(b) Nutritional activities.
(c) Sensual activites.
(d) Educational activites.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is involved in the combination method of analysis?

2. What do the Muses use to inspire humans?

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

4. What were the bugs who used to be human doing when they died?

5. What kind of inspiration does Dionysus provide?

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