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

2. What does Eryximachus say about his omission of certain things in his speech?
(a) He maintains that he did not leave anything out.
(b) He cannot remember any more.
(c) It is not intentional.
(d) It is intentional.

3. What was Eryximachus' ancestor, Asclepius, an expert in?
(a) Gymnastic, but not husbandry.
(b) Husbandry, but not gymnastic.
(c) Gymnastic and husbandry.
(d) Neither gymnastic nor husbandry.

4. Why is Aristophanes unable to speak in his scheduled turn?
(a) He has the hiccups.
(b) He has disappeared.
(c) He is not finished eating.
(d) He cannot remember what he wanted to say.

5. As Eryximachus explains, what is harmony composed of?
(a) High and low notes.
(b) Neither high nor low notes.
(c) Only low notes.
(d) Only high notes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Eryximachus, how many kinds of love exist in the human body?

3. What statement about music does Eryximachus think is absurd?

4. In Phaedrus' opinion, which ancient Greek writer agrees with Hesiod's theory?

5. How does Socrates respond to the idea of speaking about love?

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