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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. According to Eryximachus, what elements create rhythm?
(a) Short, medium length, and long.
(b) Medium length and long.
(c) Short and long.
(d) Short and medium length.

2. Where does Diotima think that Love sleeps?
(a) On a cloud.
(b) On the rocks and hills.
(c) In a bed.
(d) In the streets and fields.

3. Why are the speeches between Phaedrus and Pausanias left out of Aristodemus' account?
(a) He does not think they are worth including.
(b) He does not remember them.
(c) There are no speeches between Phaedrus and Pausanias.
(d) They are incomplete.

4. What was Eryximachus' ancestor, Asclepius, an expert in?
(a) Neither gymnastic nor husbandry.
(b) Gymnastic, but not husbandry.
(c) Husbandry, but not gymnastic.
(d) Gymnastic and husbandry.

5. How many kinds of Love are there, according to Diotima?
(a) Many.
(b) Very few.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many legs does man have in the beginning, according to Aristophanes?

2. For what does Socrates give Agathon credit?

3. As Aristophanes explains, what part of the body is extra skin used to form?

4. Who does Alcibiades warn about Socrates' intentions?

5. What example does Pausanius use in explaining the role of tyranny?

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