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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 the gods use to inspire humans?
(a) Madness.
(b) Music.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Beauty.

2. What does Phaedras say persuasion often does NOT require?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Familiarity.
(c) Logic.
(d) Skill.

3. What does Socrates say can lose an entire audience of a good speech?
(a) The tone.
(b) The language.
(c) The theme.
(d) The length.

4. How many kinds of inspiration do the gods provide?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

5. Who wrote about duplicate expression?
(a) Pollack.
(b) Polus.
(c) Pilot.
(d) Pollot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of bug does Socrates say used to be human?

3. According to Socrates, where do souls learn to deal with their love?

4. What kind of particles is beauty able to move?

5. What does Phaedras say makes something debatable?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates say those who have loved will receive, even if they lead less rewarding lives?

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

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

4. What does Phaedras say is a common trait among writers, and why?

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

6. What does Phaedras say rhetoric is designed for?

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

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

9. Why does Socrates say a speech giver should know about his audience?

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

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