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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. What does astronomy inform people of, according to Eryximachus?
(a) The best ways to make sacrifices.
(b) Which sacrifices to make.
(c) When to make sacrifices.
(d) Why to make sacrifices.

2. In Agathon's opinion, what does love compel people to do?
(a) Mostly the wrong thing, but sometimes the right thing.
(b) Mostly the right thing, but sometimes the wrong thing.
(c) The wrong thing.
(d) The right thing.

3. Who is Apollodorus talking with at the beginning of Symposium?
(a) Socrates.
(b) A soldier.
(c) Agathon.
(d) A companion.

4. How does Socrates appear when he meets Aristodemus before going to the party?
(a) Neither bathed nor wearing sandals.
(b) Bathed and in sandals.
(c) Wearing sandals, but not bathed.
(d) Bathed, but not in sandals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do humans walk upright, according to Aristophanes?

2. Besides Apollodorus, to whom else has Aristodemus recounted the events of the party?

3. Which goddess does Pausanius associate with love?

4. Why does Apollodorus think that rich men pity him?

5. How many kinds of love does Pausanius think there are?

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