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

2. What was Eryximachus' ancestor, Asclepius, an expert in?
(a) Gymnastic and husbandry.
(b) Gymnastic, but not husbandry.
(c) Neither gymnastic nor husbandry.
(d) Husbandry, but not gymnastic.

3. According to Socrates, what ideas can a man become "pregnant" with?
(a) How to best run a city and the nation.
(b) How to fight wars.
(c) How to raise children.
(d) How to resolve conflict without wars.

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

5. How does Diotima think a young person should interact with beautiful minds?
(a) Only gain knowledge from them.
(b) Only give ideas to them.
(c) Exchange knowledge and ideas with them.
(d) Neither gain knowledge nor give ideas to them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Agathon's opinion, what does love compel people to do?

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

5. Which one of the following is not an example that Eryximachus uses to describe the hostile elements?

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