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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As explained by Socrates, is love ugly or beautiful?
(a) It is somewhere between ugly and beautiful.
(b) It is neither ugly nor beautiful.
(c) It is mostly ugly.
(d) It is mostly beautiful.

2. How many times has Alcibiades invited Socrates over for dinner?
(a) Too many to count.
(b) Twice.
(c) Once.
(d) Three times.

3. What does Socrates tell Alcibiades about his political efforts?
(a) He is not effective in politics.
(b) He does not understand politics enough.
(c) He needs to better himself before continuing with politics.
(d) He needs to quit politics.

4. According to Socrates, what is the lover directed towards?
(a) What he or she does not understand.
(b) What he or she will never understand.
(c) What he or she does not have.
(d) What he or she already has.

5. What phrase does Socrates use to refer to the practice of learning?
(a) The hypothesis of the remembered hypothesis.
(b) The hypothesis of the changing hypothesis.
(c) The hypothesis of the forgotten hypothesis.
(d) The hypothesis of the higher hypothesis.

6. Who does Socrates refer to as an example of a remembered writer?
(a) Aesop.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Homer.

7. According to Alcibiades, what tactic does not work with Socrates?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Fear.
(c) Bribery.
(d) Manipulation.

8. How does Homer describe love's feet in the passage quoted by Agathon?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Determined.
(c) Quick.
(d) Sensitive.

9. What does Alcibiades assure Socrates of before he begins speaking?
(a) That he will not speak the truth.
(b) That he does not remember the truth.
(c) That he will speak only the truth.
(d) That he will add to the truth to make Socrates look better.

10. Whose permission does Socrates seek before asking Agathon questions?
(a) Eryximachus.
(b) Pausanius.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Aristophanes.

11. What are the "statues of Silenus"?
(a) Statues with statues of the gods inside of them.
(b) Statues that are approved by the gods.
(c) Statues that are protected by the gods.
(d) Statues of the gods.

12. In what military campaign do Socrates and Alcibiades participate?
(a) Volos.
(b) Argos.
(c) Athens.
(d) Pireas.

13. What characteristics does love have, according to Agathon?
(a) Rough, but tender.
(b) Soft, but coarse.
(c) Soft and tender.
(d) Soft and rough.

14. What does Diotima tell Socrates about Love's function?
(a) It allows humans to taste immortality.
(b) It allows humans to understand immortality.
(c) It allows the ignorant to feel wise.
(d) It allows the wise to feel ignorant.

15. As explained by Socrates, which images can the young philosopher understand and reproduce?
(a) Virtue and wisdom, but not beauty.
(b) Beauty and wisdom, but not virtue.
(c) Virtue, beauty, and wisdom.
(d) Virtue and beauty, but not wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How drunk does Alcibiades want the other men at the party to be?

2. Why does Diotima think Love is not a god?

3. What complaint does the drunken Alcibiades have at the end of Part 7?

4. What kind of literature does Agathon thank love for inspiring?

5. As explained by Diotima, how many people is a young person initially attracted to?

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