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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 think is different about people in the city from people in the country?

2. What is Lysias's occupation?

3. What does Socrates say leads to isolation in loving relationships?

4. What is Socrates embarrassed about when he begins his speech to Phaedras?

5. What is the Delphic motto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Socrates say lovers will do to suppress independence in their partner?

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

4. What does Socrates compare most loving relationships to?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the analogy of the chariot, and how does this idea shape the life and personality of Socrates?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Socrates feel the need to give two different speeches, and what does this reveal about his personality?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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