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

2. In Diotima's opinion, what is the confusing point of Love?
(a) It is what the lover cannot feel.
(b) It is what the lover might or might not feel.
(c) It is what the lover should not feel.
(d) It is what the lover feels.

3. According to Socrates, what is the lover directed towards?
(a) What he or she does not understand.
(b) What he or she does not have.
(c) What he or she will never understand.
(d) What he or she already has.

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

5. What are the "statues of Silenus"?
(a) Statues of the gods.
(b) Statues that are protected by the gods.
(c) Statues with statues of the gods inside of them.
(d) Statues that are approved by the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is not used by Diotima to describe Love?

2. Whose thoughts inspire the guests to speak about love at the party?

3. According to Eryximachus, what elements create rhythm?

4. As explained by Diotima, how many people is a young person initially attracted to?

5. In Socrates' opinion, what usually happens to the children of people who invent laws?

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