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