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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7, line 208a to 214a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the source of the Platonic Dialogues?
(a) The conversations between Socrates and strangers.
(b) The mentoring of young minds by Socrates.
(c) The mentoring of other philosophers by Socrates.
(d) The conversations between Socrates and friends.

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

3. What does Eryximachus interpret Heraclitus' words to mean?
(a) Music is the further division of opposites.
(b) Music features only similar factors.
(c) Music features similar and opposite factors.
(d) Music has a reconciliation of opposites.

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

5. Besides having a child with a woman, how does Socrates think that some men express their "pregnancy"?
(a) By spreading their ideas.
(b) By formulating their ideas.
(c) By multiplying their ideas.
(d) By changing their ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eryximachus, how many kinds of love exist in the human body?

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

3. As explained by Socrates, which images can the young philosopher understand and reproduce?

4. What reason does Socrates give for why people fight in wars?

5. According to Socrates, which love helps a philosopher reproduce an idea?

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