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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8, line 214a to 220a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Agathon's speech does Socrates compliment?
(a) The middle.
(b) The ending.
(c) None of it.
(d) The beginning.

2. How many times has Alcibiades invited Socrates over for dinner?
(a) Three times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Once.

3. In Phaedrus' opinion, which ancient Greek writer agrees with Hesiod's theory?
(a) Callinus.
(b) Tyrtaeus.
(c) Archilochus.
(d) Acusilaus.

4. What statement about music does Eryximachus think is absurd?
(a) Melody is discord.
(b) Harmony is discord.
(c) Melody is contradicting.
(d) Harmony is contradicting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Agathon give to Aristodemus when he arrives?

2. What does Aristophanes state that mankind does not understand?

3. What has Socrates caused Alcibiades to realize?

4. According to Socrates, what ideas can a man become "pregnant" with?

5. Why does Socrates refuse to attend Agathon's sacrifice of victory?

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