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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, line 178a to 183d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What princess does Phaedrus use as an example for a sacrifice made out of Love?
(a) Europe.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Ariadne.
(d) Alcestis.

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

3. What is Aristodemus concerned about as he and Socrates go to the party?
(a) That he will not be able to give a proper speech.
(b) That he will not be able to stay as long as the other guests.
(c) That he has not been invited.
(d) That he will not fit in with the other guests.

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

5. What is Socrates doing while the other guests are eating dinner at Agathon's house?
(a) Eating.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Working.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Apollodorus' old name?

2. What is the size of the audience that sees Agathon's play?

3. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?

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

5. How does Pausanius describe the countries of Elis and Boeotia?

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