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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, line 196a to 202a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years has Apollodorus been talking with Socrates?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

2. How does Eryximachus describe Pausanias' speech?
(a) A fair beginning with a fair ending.
(b) A fair beginning with a lame ending.
(c) A lame beginning with a fair ending.
(d) A lame beginning with a lame ending.

3. Why does Apollodorus think that rich men pity him?
(a) Because they think he is misinformed.
(b) Because they think he is unhappy.
(c) Because they think he is poor.
(d) Because they think he is ignorant.

4. Who requests that Socrates sit near him at the party?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Eryximachus.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Aristodemus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aristodemus concerned about as he and Socrates go to the party?

2. According to Socrates, who changes proverbs about Agamemnon and Menelaus?

3. What memory does Aristophanes believe humans are supposed to have of their creation?

4. How does Socrates feel about drinking?

5. According to Phaedrus, which other motive is able to implant as well as Love?

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