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

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

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

4. What does Socrates say the best speeches evoke?
(a) Memories.
(b) Opinions.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Controversy.

5. What does Socrates say the soul readily identifies?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is persuasion according to Phaedras?

2. What kind of inspiration does Apollo provide?

3. What kind of inspiration does Eros provide?

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

5. Who wrote about duplicate expression?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates say is the best way to arrange a good speech?

2. What does Socrates say will happen if a speech writer skips over some of the important steps of writing an effective speech?

3. What does Socrates say will happen when giving a speech if a speaker does not know all the skills needed?

4. What does Socrates say about the black chariot horse in his love analogy?

5. What does Socrates say about the white chariot horse in his love analogy?

6. How does Socrates say the chariot master must treat the black horse?

7. How does Phaedras feel about Socrates's second speech about love?

8. What is the only thing that can ease the pain of a soul overcome by desire, according to Socrates?

9. What does Socrates say was missing from Lysias's speech that made it less than art?

10. What does Socrates say competition allows humans to do?

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