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

2. Who is Apollodorus talking with at the beginning of Symposium?
(a) A companion.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Agathon.
(d) A soldier.

3. What does Socrates ironically state his speech is about?
(a) The truth.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Neither the truth nor fiction.
(d) Both the truth and fiction.

4. What memory does Aristophanes believe humans are supposed to have of their creation?
(a) Conscious, and not subconscious.
(b) Subconscious, but not unconscious.
(c) Unconscious, but not subconscious.
(d) Subconscious or unconscious.

5. As explained to Socrates by Diotima, what event brings Love's mother and father together?
(a) Artemis' birth.
(b) Alcmene's birth.
(c) Athena's birth.
(d) Aphrodite's birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Pausanius' opinion, how many goddesses of love are there?

2. How many years has Apollodorus been talking with Socrates?

3. According to Agathon, how does love deal with old age?

4. Who interrupts the argument at the end of Part 4?

5. Who has an argument at the end of Aristophanes' speech?

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