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