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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 about pleasures does Socrates say men need to recognize?

2. What does Socrates say souls will retain in different lives?

3. What does Socrates say can lose an entire audience of a good speech?

4. What is involved in the synthesis method of analysis?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the four kinds of divine inspiration, and where do they come from?

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

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

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

6. What is the only thing that can ease the pain of a soul overcome by desire, according to Socrates?

7. What does Socrates say is the best way to arrange a good speech?

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

9. What does Socrates say evil men can't recognize?

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 are Phaedrus's ideas about persuasion, and how does Socrates respond to them?

Essay Topic 2

Plato presents his morals and ideas in the form of a conversational setting. Why does he choose to do this, and how does this affect his message?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select two characters and write about their main motivation and how this goal affects the characters around them.

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