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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. Who interrupts the argument at the end of Part 4?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Pausanius.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Aristophanes.

2. How does Phaedrus describe Love?
(a) A friend to the gods.
(b) The eldest of the gods.
(c) A relative of the gods.
(d) The youngest of the gods.

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

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

5. Why does Socrates refuse to attend Agathon's sacrifice of victory?
(a) He fears not enough people would be there.
(b) He does not agree with Agathon's victory.
(c) He fears the crowd.
(d) He does not approve of many of the guests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does astronomy inform people of, according to Eryximachus?

2. What was Eryximachus' ancestor, Asclepius, an expert in?

3. Why do humans walk upright, according to Aristophanes?

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

5. What is Apollodorus' old name?

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