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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 Agathon explains, where does love bring people together?
(a) Parties.
(b) Politics.
(c) The battlefield.
(d) Anywhere and everywhere.

2. How is the muse, Urania, described in Eryximachus' speech?
(a) Heavenly, but unfair.
(b) Fair, but not heavenly.
(c) Fair and heavenly.
(d) Neither fair nor heavenly.

3. What part of Agathon's speech does Socrates compliment?
(a) The ending.
(b) None of it.
(c) The middle.
(d) The beginning.

4. As used in Eryximachus' speech, what does the word "licentiousness" mean?
(a) Imposing restraint.
(b) Lacking restraint.
(c) Containing too much restraint.
(d) Containing incomprehensible restraints.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eryximachus describe Pausanias' speech?

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

3. What does Eryximachus say about his omission of certain things in his speech?

4. How does Eryximachus define symphony?

5. How does Agathon describe love?

(see the answer key)

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