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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. What is Socrates doing while the other guests are eating dinner at Agathon's house?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Working.
(d) Thinking.

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

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

4. According to Agathon, what effect does love have on bad things?
(a) It removes them.
(b) It increases them.
(c) It has no effect on them.
(d) It has very little effect on them.

5. Which one of the following is not included in Diotima's list of things that spirits help with?
(a) Reason.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Fortune telling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diotima compare Love to in explaining its features?

2. According to Diotima's explanation, what will beasts die to protect?

3. How does Socrates feel about drinking?

4. What advice does Eryximachus give to Aristophanes before speaking in Part 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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