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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. Where does Phaedrus think that Achilles was sent after his death?
(a) The Islands of the Blest.
(b) Ionian Islands.
(c) Tenedos.
(d) Babylon.

2. How is the muse, Urania, described in Eryximachus' speech?
(a) Neither fair nor heavenly.
(b) Heavenly, but unfair.
(c) Fair, but not heavenly.
(d) Fair and heavenly.

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

4. What is Eryximachus' suggestion for the flute-girl?
(a) That she play for herself or the women.
(b) That she stop playing.
(c) That she continue to play as the guests speak.
(d) That she stop playing only when Socrates speaks.

5. In Pausanius' view, who is the father of the youngest goddess of love?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Uranus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eryximachus say about his omission of certain things in his speech?

2. What causes the "man-woman" creatures in Aristophanes' story to become adulterers?

3. What is Socrates doing while the other guests are eating dinner at Agathon's house?

4. How does Phaedrus describe Love?

5. In Aristophanes' opinion, how are humans originally shaped?

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