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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 Aristophanes, why do the "double-man" or "double-woman" creatures marry?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Status.
(c) Social conventions.
(d) Unknown reasons.

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

3. What does Eryximachus believe to be the source of pestilence and destruction in nature?
(a) When a season is overtaken by untested love.
(b) When a season is overtaken by violent love.
(c) When a season changes before its time.
(d) When a season refuses to change on time.

4. Which goddess does Pausanius associate with love?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

5. According to Phaedrus' story, how could Achilles have avoided death?
(a) By not slaying Hector.
(b) By not slaying Agamemnon.
(c) By slaying Agamemnon.
(d) By slaying Hector.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Agathon, who can love capture?

3. What part of Agathon's speech does Socrates compliment?

4. Who requests that Socrates sit near him at the party?

5. According to Socrates, what is the lover directed towards?

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