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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (242-248).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man at the beginning of Socrates's speech in love with?
(a) A married woman.
(b) A cousin.
(c) A small girl.
(d) A small boy.

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

3. How did Stesichorus receive his disability?
(a) He was punished for a crime.
(b) He offended the gods.
(c) He was caught in a horrible storm.
(d) He ignored the truth in his poems.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say people overcome by the desire to love spend their time doing?

2. What do Socrates and Phaedras walk by while talking at the beginning of the book?

3. What is Socrates embarrassed about when he begins his speech to Phaedras?

4. What is more worthwhile to Socrates than opinions?

5. What is the Delphic motto?

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