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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 does Socrates say he is addicted to at the beginning of the book?

2. What must be linked in order for someone to predict the future?

3. What is Lysias's occupation?

4. Who is Eros's mother?

5. What does Socrates think the only reason to make a speech should be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Socrates say happens to unpleasant lovers after their relationship is ended?

2. What is Eros, and what are its effects?

3. What kind of things does Lysias say should be absent in a prudent relationship?

4. What is Lysias promoting in his speech?

5. What is Socrates's opinion of Lysias's speech?

6. What does Socrates say happens when two lovers live together for an extended period?

7. How does Socrates begin his speech to Phaedras?

8. What idea does Socrates have about city people as opposed to country people?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of beauty is prevalent in this book. Who aere the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow beauty to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Lysias is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Phaedrus changes a lot from the beginning of the book to the end. Please compare and contrast Phaedrus's character at the beginning of the book to Phaedrus's character at the end of the book.

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