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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 is Phaedras full of after hearing Socrates's second speech?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Anger.

2. What do souls in a perfect state not know?
(a) Evil.
(b) Reality.
(c) Danger.
(d) Anger.

3. What knowledge does Socrates say helped him become a good speech writer?
(a) The worth of language.
(b) The nature of the mind.
(c) The truth of all things.
(d) The response of audiences.

4. What does Socrates say are equally important for preparing to deliver a good speech?
(a) Confidence and truth.
(b) Understanding and practice.
(c) Knowledge and tone.
(d) Appreciation and pride.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phaedras say competition allows people to become?

2. What is a choice Socrates says men make every day?

3. What does Phaedras think is most important to consider when writing a speech?

4. What kind of inspiration does Aphrodite provide?

5. What kind of feelings does Socrates say true beauty can inspire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four kinds of divine inspiration, and where do they come from?

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

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

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

5. What does Socrates say a man must know in order to deceive others?

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

7. What is the synthesis method of analyzing speeches?

8. What does Phaedras say rhetoric is designed for?

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

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

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