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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (235-241).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Phaedras most concerned about with the speech he reads to Socrates?
(a) The form.
(b) The language.
(c) The feeling.
(d) The subject.

2. What does Socrates think people need to have sympathy towards?
(a) The uneducated.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Poverty.
(d) All of these.

3. What does reason discard when it is in control according to Socrates?
(a) Love.
(b) Needs.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Desire.

4. How does Phaedras feel when Socrates starts to explain how to arrange a good speech?
(a) Angry.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Embarrassed.

5. What becomes contradictory if one is not well versed in a subject of a speech according to Socrates?
(a) Interpretations.
(b) Logic.
(c) Conclusions.
(d) Emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lysias say the most rewarding relationship consists of?

2. What subject does Socrates say is the most pertinent?

3. How does Socrates view the expression Lysias's speech?

4. What does Socrates say guides our actions?

5. What kind of things does Socrates say lovers will do to slow down their partner?

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