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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, line 190a to 196a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the doors like when Aristodemus reaches Agathon's house?
(a) They are closed, but unlocked.
(b) They are slightly open.
(c) They are closed and locked.
(d) They are wide open.

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

3. According to Phaedrus, who are Love's parents?
(a) There is no record of Love's parents.
(b) The gods.
(c) The earth and the sun.
(d) The moon and the sun.

4. Where is Socrates before entering Agathon's house?
(a) The dining room of the neighboring house.
(b) The portico of a house that is two houses away.
(c) The dining room of a house that is two houses away.
(d) The portico of the neighboring house.

5. In Aristophanes' opinion, how are humans originally shaped?
(a) They are round.
(b) They have no definite shape.
(c) They are square.
(d) They are the same shape as they are now.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has an argument at the end of Aristophanes' speech?

3. According to Agathon, how does love deal with old age?

4. Besides Apollodorus, to whom else has Aristodemus recounted the events of the party?

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

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