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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 (227-234).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Socrates feel about all the sites that Phaedras takes him to?
(a) He is enchanted.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He is nonplussed.
(d) He is happy with them.

2. What do Socrates and Phaedras walk by while talking at the beginning of the book?
(a) A common road.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A river.
(d) A lake.

3. What does Socrates say causes passion between lovers?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Affection.
(c) Grief.
(d) Jealousy.

4. What does Socrates say those in love care most about?
(a) Their lovers.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their image.
(d) Their privacy.

5. What subject does Socrates say is the most pertinent?
(a) Study of oneself.
(b) Study of history.
(c) Study of language.
(d) Study in agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lysias say lovers regret?

2. What are Socrates and Phaedras doing when they meet each other at the beginning of the book?

3. What is the Delphic motto?

4. What is Acumenus's occupation?

5. Who took a nymph from the stream of Illissus?

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