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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 happens to lovers who restrain desire?

2. What does Socrates always hope the hearers of his speeches will form?

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

4. What do rhetoricians use to change the appearance of matters?

5. What does Socrates say writing must be in order to be honorable?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What should a speech writer do to make his arguments effective, according to Socrates?

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

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

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

6. What is the synthesis method of analyzing speeches?

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

8. What does Phaedras say rhetoric is designed for?

9. What does Socrates say competition allows humans to do?

10. What does Phaedras say must happen in order for an opinion to be formed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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