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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Agathon, how does love deal with old age?
(a) It embraces it.
(b) It runs away.
(c) It fights it.
(d) It is unaware of it.

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

3. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Confused.
(c) Impatient.
(d) Wise.

4. Why is Aristophanes unable to speak in his scheduled turn?
(a) He has the hiccups.
(b) He is not finished eating.
(c) He cannot remember what he wanted to say.
(d) He has disappeared.

5. As used in Eryximachus' speech, what does the word "licentiousness" mean?
(a) Imposing restraint.
(b) Containing incomprehensible restraints.
(c) Containing too much restraint.
(d) Lacking restraint.

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

7. As explained by Phaedrus, how does Orpheus die as a result of his cowardice?
(a) He is dragged through the streets.
(b) He is thrown off of a cliff.
(c) At the hands of women.
(d) He is beaten with clubs.

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

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

10. What does Eryximachus interpret Heraclitus' words to mean?
(a) Music features only similar factors.
(b) Music is the further division of opposites.
(c) Music has a reconciliation of opposites.
(d) Music features similar and opposite factors.

11. Why does Apollodorus have pity for rich men?
(a) Because they think they are doing something when they are doing nothing.
(b) Because they never seem to have enough money no matter how much they make.
(c) Because they have more money than they can possibly spend.
(d) Because they think they are doing nothing when they are doing something.

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

13. What is the size of the audience that sees Agathon's play?
(a) Forty thousand.
(b) Less than thirty thousand.
(c) More than thirty thousand.
(d) Fifty thousand.

14. In Pausanius' view, who is the father of the youngest goddess of love?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Uranus.
(d) Poseidon.

15. What fear does Aristophanes have before making his speech?
(a) That people will disagree with it.
(b) That people will laugh at it.
(c) That people will not enjoy it.
(d) That people will not understand it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What statement about music does Eryximachus think is absurd?

3. How many years has Apollodorus been talking with Socrates?

4. How many types of "creatures" does Aristophanes think there were in the beginning of man?

5. Which one of the following is not an example that Eryximachus uses to describe the hostile elements?

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