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Phaedrus by Plato
  • 1. What is the setting of the dialogue?
A) Outside the city walls
B) At a banquet
C) In a courtroom
D) In a philosopher's academy
  • 2. What does Lysias argue about love?
A) It should be avoided.
B) It leads to knowledge.
C) It is a form of madness.
D) It is the highest virtue.
  • 3. What does Socrates use as an analogy for the soul?
A) A charioteer and two horses
B) A garden and its gardener
C) A ship and a captain
D) A book and its author
  • 4. What does Socrates say about the role of the divine in love?
A) It inspires the lover.
B) It complicates relationships.
C) It is a hindrance.
D) It is omnipresent.
  • 5. What kind of love is associated with the soul's ascent to the divine?
A) Romantic love
B) Philosophical love
C) Familial love
D) Sensual love
  • 6. What ultimately differentiates true love from base love, according to Socrates?
A) The pursuit of wisdom and virtue.
B) Social convention.
C) The fulfillment of desires.
D) Physical connection.
  • 7. In Phaedrus, what is the danger of a lover who lacks self-control?
A) They will achieve greatness.
B) They will find true happiness.
C) They will always be successful.
D) They may harm themselves and others.
  • 8. What does Socrates claim about the nature of love?
A) It leads to destruction.
B) It is a desire for the beauty of the soul.
C) It is always misguided.
D) It is purely physical attraction.
  • 9. How does Plato depict rhetoric in the dialogue?
A) As a tool for both good and bad.
B) As only useful in politics.
C) As inherently virtuous.
D) As meaningless.
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