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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, 184a to 190a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pausanius think the laws are perplexing?
(a) Leonidio.
(b) Lacedaemon.
(c) Therapni.
(d) Tripoli.

2. What news does Agathon give to Aristodemus when he arrives?
(a) That the other guests insisted that Aristodemus be invited.
(b) That Socrates insisted that Aristodemus be invited.
(c) That Agathon could not find Aristodemus to invite him the day before.
(d) That Agathon forgot to invite Aristodemus the day before.

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

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

5. What does Eryximachus say about his omission of certain things in his speech?
(a) It is intentional.
(b) He cannot remember any more.
(c) It is not intentional.
(d) He maintains that he did not leave anything out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eryximachus describe Pausanias' speech?

2. When does Agathon's sacrifice of victory take place?

3. In Eryximachus' opinion, what is education in musical terms?

4. According to Eryximachus, how many kinds of love exist in the human body?

5. As related by Apollodorus, how many years has Agathon not resided at Athens?

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