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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say one must do when dealing with a subject in a speech?
(a) Ponder the subject.
(b) All of these.
(c) Write about the subject.
(d) Know the subject.

2. What does Socrates define in his speech to Phaedras?
(a) The role of language.
(b) The influence of love.
(c) The proper relationship.
(d) The need for poems.

3. Who took a nymph from the stream of Illissus?
(a) Boreas.
(b) Borus.
(c) Borneo.
(d) Borgon.

4. What does Socrates say love is deprived of at the end of his speech?
(a) Guidance.
(b) All of these.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Inspiration.

5. What does Phaedras think about repetition in speech?
(a) It is necessary.
(b) It is common.
(c) All of these
(d) It is beneficial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates feel about Lysias's statement about prudent relationships?

2. Which of the following does Socrates say mania can deliver?

3. What does Socrates say must be arranged correctly in a good speech?

4. How does Phaedras feel when Socrates starts to explain how to arrange a good speech?

5. What subject does Socrates say is the most pertinent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Socrates begin his speech to Phaedras?

2. How are the reborn lives of humans decided according to Socrates?

3. What does Socrates say causes most disappointments in loving relationships?

4. What is Lysisas's speech about?

5. What happens when muses involve themselves in madness, according to Socrates?

6. What does Socrates compare the form of the soul to at the beginning of his second speech?

7. What is Eros, and what are its effects?

8. What does Socrates say about the nature of the soul?

9. Who is Boreas?

10. Why does Socrates say some men are seen as mad when they are not?

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