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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the most important element of speech for rhetoricians?
(a) Rigor.
(b) Reason.
(c) Possibilities.
(d) Probabilities.
2. Who wrote about duplicate expression?
(a) Polus.
(b) Pollot.
(c) Pollack.
(d) Pilot.
3. What does Socrates say calms a soul overcome by desire?
(a) Encouraging words.
(b) Contact with a loved one.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Sexual relations.
4. What is a choice Socrates says men make every day?
(a) To act or be acted upon.
(b) To live or die.
(c) To learn or fester.
(d) To fear or overcome.
5. What does Socrates say is the most important tool in the outline of a speech?
(a) Organization.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Logic.
(d) Experience.
6. What does Socrates say the gods use to inspire humans?
(a) Music.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Madness.
(d) Thoughts.
7. What does Socrates say the image of eternal beauty does to the black horse?
(a) Motivates it.
(b) Scares it.
(c) Adores it.
(d) Elevates it.
8. What does Socrates say are equally important for preparing to deliver a good speech?
(a) Understanding and practice.
(b) Appreciation and pride.
(c) Knowledge and tone.
(d) Confidence and truth.
9. What kind of particles is beauty able to move?
(a) The particles of wisdom.
(b) The particles of love.
(c) The particles of desire.
(d) The particles of passion.
10. What kind of inspiration does Apollo provide?
(a) Mystery.
(b) Poetic.
(c) Prophetic.
(d) Love.
11. What does Socrates say about white chariot horses?
(a) They are prideful.
(b) They are noble.
(c) They are unpredictable.
(d) They are dangerous.
12. What remains when desire becomes pain?
(a) Future desires.
(b) Past happiness.
(c) The pleasure of pain.
(d) The memory of beauty.
13. What does Phaedras think is most important to consider when writing a speech?
(a) The time restraints.
(b) The audience.
(c) The subject matter.
(d) The truth.
14. What does Socrates say souls will retain in different lives?
(a) Their feelings of pain.
(b) Their association with the gods.
(c) Their memories of happiness.
(d) Their bonds with lovers.
15. What does Socrates say the best speeches evoke?
(a) Memories.
(b) Controversy.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Opinions.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the Muses use to inspire humans?
2. Which speech does Phaedras think is the superior one?
3. What is involved in the synthesis method of analysis?
4. Which god gets violent when in love?
5. What about pleasures does Socrates say men need to recognize?
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