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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 lame beginning with a fair ending.
(b) A fair beginning with a lame ending.
(c) A lame beginning with a lame ending.
(d) A fair beginning with a fair ending.

2. Why does Socrates refuse to attend Agathon's sacrifice of victory?
(a) He fears the crowd.
(b) He does not agree with Agathon's victory.
(c) He fears not enough people would be there.
(d) He does not approve of many of the guests.

3. What has Socrates caused Alcibiades to realize?
(a) That he should not change his lifestyle.
(b) That he needs to change his lifestyle.
(c) That others do not approve of his lifestyle.
(d) That no one is aware of his lifestyle.

4. Who requests that Socrates sit near him at the party?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Aristophanes.
(c) Aristodemus.
(d) Eryximachus.

5. How does Socrates respond to the idea of speaking about love?
(a) He disagrees, because it is a subject that he does not know much about.
(b) He agrees, but adds that he does not know much about it.
(c) He agrees, adding that it is a subject that he knows about.
(d) He disagrees, although it is a subject that he knows about.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory of Socrates is revealed at the end of the Symposium?

2. What complaint does the drunken Alcibiades have at the end of Part 7?

3. What effect does Phaedrus think Love has on a coward?

4. What does Diotima tell Socrates about Love's function?

5. As explained in Alcibiades' story, what is Socrates wearing on his feet when he marches on the ice during the military campaign?

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