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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 Phaedras promise to do if Socrates can change his mind?
(a) Convince Lysias.
(b) Spread the word.
(c) End his relationship.
(d) Write his own speech.

2. What does Socrates say causes passion between lovers?
(a) Affection.
(b) Grief.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Jealousy.

3. What kind of relationship does Phaedras think is superior?
(a) Moderated relationships.
(b) Non-loving relationships.
(c) Homosexual relationships.
(d) Loving relationships.

4. What is Acumenus's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What must be linked in order for someone to predict the future?

2. What becomes contradictory if one is not well versed in a subject of a speech according to Socrates?

3. Who is the man at the beginning of Socrates's speech in love with?

4. What does Socrates want in a place to hear the speech?

5. What does Socrates say guides our actions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What idea does Socrates have about city people as opposed to country people?

3. What does Socrates say lovers will do to suppress independence in their partner?

4. What does Phaedras say is the danger in love overcoming emotion?

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

6. What does Lysias say is the main disadvantage of a relationship between lovers?

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

8. Who is Boreas?

9. What does Socrates say a man must love to come close to the gods, and why?

10. What is Lysisas's speech about?

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