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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. How does Agathon compare love with other desires?
(a) It is one of the weakest desires.
(b) It is the weakest desire.
(c) It is the strongest desire.
(d) It is one of the strongest desires.

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

3. As explained by Diotima, how many people is a young person initially attracted to?
(a) Many.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

4. In Diotima's opinion, what does a potential philosopher learn about beautiful minds?
(a) Neither beautiful minds nor bodies are important.
(b) They are less important than beautiful bodies.
(c) They have the same importance as beautiful bodies.
(d) They are more important than beautiful bodies.

5. On what point do Socrates and Agathon agree?
(a) Love has no origin.
(b) Love is the love of nothing.
(c) Love is the love of something.
(d) Love has multiple origins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Socrates refer to as an example of a remembered writer?

3. How does Homer describe love's feet in the passage quoted by Agathon?

4. What does Eryximachus believe to be the source of pestilence and destruction in nature?

5. As explained by Socrates, what is the drive for immortality related to?

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