Symposium Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Symposium Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interrupts the argument at the end of Part 4?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Pausanius.

2. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?
(a) The avoidance of the intemperate.
(b) The acceptance of the intemperate.
(c) The acceptance of the temperate.
(d) The avoidance of the temperate.

3. Which country does Pausanius use as an example of barbarian laws?
(a) Olympi.
(b) Armolia.
(c) Lithio.
(d) Ionia.

4. What does Eryximachus believe to be the source of pestilence and destruction in nature?
(a) When a season changes before its time.
(b) When a season is overtaken by violent love.
(c) When a season is overtaken by untested love.
(d) When a season refuses to change on time.

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

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

7. What does Pausanius think is the true test of a love's class?
(a) Time.
(b) Location.
(c) Past.
(d) Wealth.

8. In Aristophanes' opinion, how are humans originally shaped?
(a) They are round.
(b) They are square.
(c) They are the same shape as they are now.
(d) They have no definite shape.

9. What is Apollodorus' old name?
(a) Apollodorus the wise man.
(b) Apollodorus the orator.
(c) Apollodorus the thinker.
(d) Apollodorus the madman.

10. How many years has Apollodorus been talking with Socrates?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

11. What is the purpose of Aristophanes' speech, as he indicates after it is finished?
(a) To make fun of Agathon, but not Pausanius.
(b) To make fun of Pausanius, but not Agathon.
(c) Not to make fun of Agathon and Pausanius.
(d) To make fun of both Agathon and Pausanius.

12. According to Phaedrus' story, how could Achilles have avoided death?
(a) By not slaying Agamemnon.
(b) By not slaying Hector.
(c) By slaying Agamemnon.
(d) By slaying Hector.

13. How does Aristophanes define love?
(a) The excitement of humans in an altered state.
(b) The confusion of humans in an altered state.
(c) The drive to understand the need for oneness.
(d) The drive to regain a sense of oneness.

14. According to Glaucon, what is the road to Athens made for?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Amazement.
(d) Conversation.

15. How many types of "creatures" does Aristophanes think there were in the beginning of man?
(a) Four types.
(b) Five types.
(c) Three types.
(d) Two types.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eryximachus' suggestion for the flute-girl?

2. According to Aristophanes, why do the "double-man" or "double-woman" creatures marry?

3. Who requests that Socrates sit near him at the party?

4. According to Aristophanes, how many faces does man begin with?

5. In Pausanius' opinion, how many goddesses of love are there?

(see the answer keys)

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