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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, line 190a to 196a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Agathon's sacrifice of victory take place?
(a) Two days before the party.
(b) Two weeks before the party.
(c) The day before the party.
(d) One week before the party.

2. As Eryximachus explains, what is harmony composed of?
(a) Neither high nor low notes.
(b) Only low notes.
(c) High and low notes.
(d) Only high notes.

3. How does Aristophanes define love?
(a) The drive to regain a sense of oneness.
(b) The drive to understand the need for oneness.
(c) The excitement of humans in an altered state.
(d) The confusion of humans in an altered state.

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

5. Whose thoughts inspire the guests to speak about love at the party?
(a) Pausanias.
(b) Aristodemus.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Agathon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eryximachus' ancestor, Asclepius, an expert in?

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

3. Why is Aristophanes unable to speak in his scheduled turn?

4. How does Phaedrus describe Love?

5. What does Eryximachus believe to be the source of pestilence and destruction in nature?

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