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

2. Where does Pausanius think the laws are perplexing?
(a) Leonidio.
(b) Lacedaemon.
(c) Therapni.
(d) Tripoli.

3. As used in Eryximachus' speech, what does the word "licentiousness" mean?
(a) Containing incomprehensible restraints.
(b) Imposing restraint.
(c) Lacking restraint.
(d) Containing too much restraint.

4. With what animal does Aristophanes compare the "man-woman creatures"?
(a) Fish.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Birds.
(d) Rabbits.

5. Whose thoughts inspire the guests to speak about love at the party?
(a) Pausanias.
(b) Phaedrus.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Aristodemus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?

3. According to Glaucon, what is the road to Athens made for?

4. What is Apollodorus' old name?

5. Which one of the following is not one of the features that Aristophanes includes in his description of what humans were once like?

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