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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, 184a to 190a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years has Apollodorus been talking with Socrates?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. What effect does Phaedrus think Love has on a coward?
(a) It inspires a coward to become a hero.
(b) It causes a coward to think about his or her actions.
(c) It has no effect on a coward.
(d) It causes a coward to become even more afraid.

3. What is the "art" that Eryximachus refers to as the inspiration for the ideas in his speech?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Prose.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Painting.

4. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?
(a) The avoidance of the temperate.
(b) The acceptance of the intemperate.
(c) The acceptance of the temperate.
(d) The avoidance of the intemperate.

5. What princess does Phaedrus use as an example for a sacrifice made out of Love?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Europe.
(c) Ariadne.
(d) Alcestis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pausanius think is the true test of a love's class?

2. What three elements share a harmonious love in nature, as stated by Eryximachus?

3. In Eryximachus' opinion, what is education in musical terms?

4. Where does Phaedrus think that Achilles was sent after his death?

5. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?

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