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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 Acumenus's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Writer.
(d) Doctor.

2. What does Socrates say people with unsound minds like?
(a) Things that please their lover.
(b) Things that help their relationship.
(c) Things that agree with them.
(d) Things that remind them of their lover.

3. How does Socrates say Phaedras delivered the speech?
(a) Believably.
(b) Hesitatingly.
(c) Charmingly.
(d) Passionately.

4. What does Socrates say guides our actions?
(a) Motive.
(b) Desire.
(c) Impulse.
(d) Love.

5. What does lack of control in desires lead to according to Socrates?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Overindulgence.
(c) Death.
(d) Misery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates think people need to have sympathy towards?

2. What does Socrates say must be arranged correctly in a good speech?

3. What do Socrates and Phaedras talk about when they meet each other at the beginning of the book?

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

5. What does Socrates want in a place to hear the speech?

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