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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say is the most important tool in the outline of a speech?

2. What does Socrates say make the bodies of gods perfect?

3. What do souls in a perfect state not know?

4. What does Socrates say the black horse of the chariot represents?

5. What is the first elemental part of a good rhetoric speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the synthesis method of analyzing speeches?

2. What does Socrates say happens when lovers restrain their desires?

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

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

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

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

7. What does true beauty do to a man according to Socrates?

8. What does Phaedras say must happen in order for an opinion to be formed?

9. What does Phaedras say a man must do if he wants to make something appear differently?

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

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