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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 is the "art" that Eryximachus refers to as the inspiration for the ideas in his speech?
(a) Prose.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Painting.

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

3. What example does Socrates use as a tale that has lived throughout generations?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Heracles.

4. What phrase does Socrates use to refer to the practice of learning?
(a) The hypothesis of the higher hypothesis.
(b) The hypothesis of the changing hypothesis.
(c) The hypothesis of the forgotten hypothesis.
(d) The hypothesis of the remembered hypothesis.

5. Which one of the following is not used by Diotima to describe Love?
(a) Tough.
(b) Poor.
(c) Wise.
(d) Scheming.

Short Answer Questions

1. As used in Eryximachus' speech, what does the word "licentiousness" mean?

2. What is the purpose of Aristophanes' speech, as he indicates after it is finished?

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

4. Why does Socrates refuse to attend Agathon's sacrifice of victory?

5. In Socrates' speech, how does he describe someone who searches for wisdom?

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