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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of particles is beauty able to move?
(a) The particles of love.
(b) The particles of passion.
(c) The particles of desire.
(d) The particles of wisdom.

2. What does Phaedras say a man must know about before delivering a good speech?
(a) Certain things.
(b) Uncertain things.
(c) The truth.
(d) All of these.

3. What does Socrates say the soul retains in its next life?
(a) All of these.
(b) Its vision.
(c) Its memory.
(d) Its appearance.

4. What does Socrates say calms a soul overcome by desire?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Encouraging words.
(c) Sexual relations.
(d) Contact with a loved one.

5. Which speech does Phaedras think is the superior one?
(a) Socrates's second speech.
(b) Socrates's first speech.
(c) Phaedras's speech.
(d) Lysias's speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say happens to lovers who restrain desire?

2. What must a man have a knowledge of in order to give any speech according to Socrates?

3. What does Socrates say the image of eternal beauty does to the black horse?

4. What does Socrates say it is better to engage in than sleep?

5. How many kinds of inspiration do the gods provide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four kinds of divine inspiration, and where do they come from?

2. What does Socrates say happens when lovers restrain their desires?

3. What does Socrates say a man must know in order to deceive others?

4. What does Phaedras say rhetoric is designed for?

5. Why does Socrates say a speech giver should know about his audience?

6. What does Socrates say about the black chariot horse in his love analogy?

7. Who was Pericles, and how did he become a good speaker?

8. What does Socrates say competition allows humans to do?

9. What does Phaedras say must happen in order for an opinion to be formed?

10. What does Socrates say is the best way to arrange a good speech?

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