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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8, line 214a to 220a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statement about music does Eryximachus think is absurd?
(a) Harmony is contradicting.
(b) Harmony is discord.
(c) Melody is discord.
(d) Melody is contradicting.

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

3. Besides Apollodorus, to whom else has Aristodemus recounted the events of the party?
(a) Philip.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Glaucon.
(d) No one.

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

5. Why does Diotima think Love is not a god?
(a) Love cannot create things.
(b) Love can die quickly.
(c) Love cannot make laws.
(d) Love cannot understand the language of the Gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eryximachus' opinion, what can the best physician do?

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

3. What does Aristophanes state that mankind does not understand?

4. As explained to Socrates by Diotima, what event brings Love's mother and father together?

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

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