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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. According to Glaucon, what is the road to Athens made for?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Amazement.
(d) Conversation.

2. According to Pausanius, what is the love of the body rather than the soul?
(a) Evil.
(b) Forbidden.
(c) Nonexistent.
(d) Hypocritical.

3. What is the size of the audience that sees Agathon's play?
(a) Fifty thousand.
(b) Less than thirty thousand.
(c) More than thirty thousand.
(d) Forty thousand.

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

5. When does Agathon's sacrifice of victory take place?
(a) Two days before the party.
(b) One week before the party.
(c) Two weeks before the party.
(d) The day before the party.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Socrates appear when he meets Aristodemus before going to the party?

3. Which one of the following is not included in the things Agathon thinks are associated with love?

4. What example does Pausanius use in explaining the role of tyranny?

5. How many legs does man have in the beginning, according to Aristophanes?

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