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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9, line 220a to line 223d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Socrates feel about drinking?
(a) He does not drink at all.
(b) He can only drink a lot or not at all.
(c) He can only drink a little or not at all.
(d) He can either drink a lot, a little, or not at all.

2. How does Diotima think a young person should interact with beautiful minds?
(a) Neither gain knowledge nor give ideas to them.
(b) Only give ideas to them.
(c) Exchange knowledge and ideas with them.
(d) Only gain knowledge from them.

3. Where is Socrates before entering Agathon's house?
(a) The portico of the neighboring house.
(b) The dining room of the neighboring house.
(c) The portico of a house that is two houses away.
(d) The dining room of a house that is two houses away.

4. How does Agathon compare love with other desires?
(a) It is one of the strongest desires.
(b) It is one of the weakest desires.
(c) It is the strongest desire.
(d) It is the weakest desire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eryximachus interpret Heraclitus' words to mean?

2. Which one of the following is not listed by Socrates as an idea that can be transmitted through love?

3. Why do humans walk upright, according to Aristophanes?

4. According to Alcibiades, what tactic does not work with Socrates?

5. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?

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