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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. Whose thoughts inspire the guests to speak about love at the party?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Aristodemus.
(c) Pausanias.
(d) Phaedrus.

2. In Pausanius' view, who is the father of the youngest goddess of love?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

3. Which one of the following is not listed by Socrates as an idea that can be transmitted through love?
(a) Virtue.
(b) War.
(c) Politics.
(d) Government.

4. What general definition of Love does Diotima provide?
(a) The desire to have the good forever.
(b) The desire to have the bad temporarily.
(c) The desire to have both good or bad.
(d) The desire to have neither good nor bad.

5. What does Eryximachus say about his omission of certain things in his speech?
(a) It is not intentional.
(b) It is intentional.
(c) He maintains that he did not leave anything out.
(d) He cannot remember any more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pausanius think is the true test of a love's class?

2. What characteristics does love have, according to Agathon?

3. What is Socrates doing while the other guests are eating dinner at Agathon's house?

4. Why does Apollodorus have pity for rich men?

5. What is Apollodorus' old name?

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