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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, line 202a to 208a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the doors like when Aristodemus reaches Agathon's house?
(a) They are closed, but unlocked.
(b) They are slightly open.
(c) They are closed and locked.
(d) They are wide open.

2. How does Eryximachus define symphony?
(a) An agreement to disagree.
(b) An agreement.
(c) A disagreement based on a previous agreement.
(d) A disagreement.

3. How many legs does man have in the beginning, according to Aristophanes?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. What does Diotima compare Love to in explaining its features?
(a) An opinion that can be perceived as right by some and wrong by others.
(b) An opinion that is neither right nor wrong.
(c) A wrong opinion.
(d) A right opinion.

5. Why are the speeches between Phaedrus and Pausanias left out of Aristodemus' account?
(a) He does not remember them.
(b) He does not think they are worth including.
(c) There are no speeches between Phaedrus and Pausanias.
(d) They are incomplete.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Diotima define a spirit?

2. As Agathon explains, where does love bring people together?

3. Besides Apollodorus, to whom else has Aristodemus recounted the events of the party?

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

5. According to Socrates, who changes proverbs about Agamemnon and Menelaus?

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