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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, line 202a to 208a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has an argument at the end of Aristophanes' speech?
(a) Socrates and Aristophanes.
(b) Socrates, Aristophanes, and Agathon.
(c) Socrates and Agathon.
(d) Aristophanes and Agathon.

2. What does Socrates think about the speeches he has just heard?
(a) They are too logical.
(b) They make no sense.
(c) They are filled with the truth.
(d) They are filled with lies.

3. Besides Apollodorus, to whom else has Aristodemus recounted the events of the party?
(a) Glaucon.
(b) Philip.
(c) No one.
(d) Phoenix.

4. What princess does Phaedrus use as an example for a sacrifice made out of Love?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Alcestis.
(c) Ariadne.
(d) Europe.

5. What does Diotima compare Love to in explaining its features?
(a) An opinion that is neither right nor wrong.
(b) An opinion that can be perceived as right by some and wrong by others.
(c) A wrong opinion.
(d) A right opinion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Aristophanes unable to speak in his scheduled turn?

2. How is the muse, Urania, described in Eryximachus' speech?

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

4. How does Agathon compare love with other desires?

5. On what point do Socrates and Agathon agree?

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