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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. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?
(a) Impatient.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Confused.
(d) Wise.

2. In Socrates' speech, how does he describe someone who searches for wisdom?
(a) Neither wise nor ignorant.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) In between wise and ignorant.
(d) Wise.

3. According to Pausanius, what is the love of the body rather than the soul?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Forbidden.
(c) Evil.
(d) Hypocritical.

4. With what animal does Aristophanes compare the "man-woman creatures"?
(a) Turtles.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Birds.
(d) Fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Apollodorus think that rich men pity him?

2. What characteristics does love have, according to Agathon?

3. What is the order of the three things in Hesiod's theory, as referenced by Phaedrus?

4. Which goddess does Pausanius associate with love?

5. Why are the speeches between Phaedrus and Pausanias left out of Aristodemus' account?

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