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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. How does Socrates appear when he meets Aristodemus before going to the party?
(a) Wearing sandals, but not bathed.
(b) Neither bathed nor wearing sandals.
(c) Bathed and in sandals.
(d) Bathed, but not in sandals.

2. As Pausanius explains, who is the oldest goddess of love's father?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

3. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?
(a) The acceptance of the temperate.
(b) The avoidance of the intemperate.
(c) The acceptance of the intemperate.
(d) The avoidance of the temperate.

4. How does Socrates feel about drinking?
(a) He does not drink at all.
(b) He can only drink a little or not at all.
(c) He can either drink a lot, a little, or not at all.
(d) He can only drink a lot or not at all.

5. How does Socrates respond to the idea of speaking about love?
(a) He agrees, adding that it is a subject that he knows about.
(b) He disagrees, because it is a subject that he does not know much about.
(c) He disagrees, although it is a subject that he knows about.
(d) He agrees, but adds that he does not know much about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many kinds of love does Pausanius think there are?

2. Where does Phaedrus think that Achilles was sent after his death?

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

4. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?

5. What three elements share a harmonious love in nature, as stated by Eryximachus?

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