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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic did Lysias discuss with Phaedras before writing his speech?

2. What is the Recantation?

3. What are Socrates and Phaedras doing when they meet each other at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Lysias say lovers regret?

5. What facilitated the achievements of the Delphic women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when muses involve themselves in madness, according to Socrates?

2. What does Lysais say are the main benefits in the kind of relationship Lysias has with Phaedras?

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

4. What does Phaedras say to get Socrates to deliver a speech of his own?

5. What does Socrates compare the form of the soul to at the beginning of his second speech?

6. What is Lysias promoting in his speech?

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

8. How are the reborn lives of humans decided according to Socrates?

9. What does Socrates say souls are striving for, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

What are the different ideas given about love and relationships, and how do they differ from each other?

Essay Topic 3

What did Socrates think the role of the gods were in daily life, and how did this shape his life?

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