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

2. How is the muse, Urania, described in Eryximachus' speech?
(a) Fair, but not heavenly.
(b) Fair and heavenly.
(c) Heavenly, but unfair.
(d) Neither fair nor heavenly.

3. In Eryximachus' opinion, what can the best physician do?
(a) Ignore love's existence.
(b) Analyze the different forms of love.
(c) Appreciate the different forms of love.
(d) Separate the different forms of love.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the speeches between Phaedrus and Pausanias left out of Aristodemus' account?

2. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?

3. How does Socrates feel about drinking?

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

5. How many years has Apollodorus been talking with Socrates?

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