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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 Eryximachus describe Pausanias' speech?
(a) A fair beginning with a fair ending.
(b) A fair beginning with a lame ending.
(c) A lame beginning with a fair ending.
(d) A lame beginning with a lame ending.

2. How drunk does Alcibiades want the other men at the party to be?
(a) More drunk than he is.
(b) As drunk as he is.
(c) He does not want them to drink at all.
(d) Less drunk than he is.

3. Which goddess does Pausanius associate with love?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

4. What does Alcibiades assure Socrates of before he begins speaking?
(a) That he does not remember the truth.
(b) That he will add to the truth to make Socrates look better.
(c) That he will speak only the truth.
(d) That he will not speak the truth.

5. Who does Alcibiades request to listen to the story of his extreme actions with Socrates?
(a) Only people who understand philosophy.
(b) No one.
(c) Only people who do not understand philosophy.
(d) Everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the speeches between Phaedrus and Pausanias left out of Aristodemus' account?

2. What memory does Aristophanes believe humans are supposed to have of their creation?

3. What does Diotima compare Love to in explaining its features?

4. Which one of the following is not included in the list of men that Alcibiades thinks cannot be compared to Socrates?

5. How does Eryximachus describe Polyhymnia?

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