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

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

3. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?
(a) The acceptance of the intemperate.
(b) The avoidance of the temperate.
(c) The avoidance of the intemperate.
(d) The acceptance of the temperate.

4. In Phaedrus' opinion, which ancient Greek writer agrees with Hesiod's theory?
(a) Archilochus.
(b) Acusilaus.
(c) Tyrtaeus.
(d) Callinus.

5. How does Socrates respond to the idea of speaking about love?
(a) He agrees, but adds that he does not know much about it.
(b) He agrees, adding that it is a subject that he knows about.
(c) He disagrees, although it is a subject that he knows about.
(d) He disagrees, because it is a subject that he does not know much about.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Socrates appear when he meets Aristodemus before going to the party?

4. How does Phaedrus describe Love?

5. Who is Apollodorus talking with at the beginning of Symposium?

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