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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does astronomy inform people of, according to Eryximachus?
(a) When to make sacrifices.
(b) The best ways to make sacrifices.
(c) Which sacrifices to make.
(d) Why to make sacrifices.

2. 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 portico of a house that is two houses away.
(d) The dining room of a house that is two houses away.

3. As Eryximachus explains, what is harmony composed of?
(a) Neither high nor low notes.
(b) Only high notes.
(c) Only low notes.
(d) High and low notes.

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

5. What news does Agathon give to Aristodemus when he arrives?
(a) That Socrates insisted that Aristodemus be invited.
(b) That Agathon forgot to invite Aristodemus the day before.
(c) That Agathon could not find Aristodemus to invite him the day before.
(d) That the other guests insisted that Aristodemus be invited.

6. In Eryximachus' opinion, what is education in musical terms?
(a) The correct performance of an existing composition.
(b) The analysis of an existing composition.
(c) The composition of new songs.
(d) The criticism of new songs.

7. As Pausanius explains, who is the oldest goddess of love's father?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Poseidon.

8. What is the order of the three things in Hesiod's theory, as referenced by Phaedrus?
(a) First Love, then Earth and Chaos.
(b) First Chaos, then Earth and Love.
(c) First Earth, then Love and Chaos.
(d) First Earth, then Chaos and Love.

9. How does Pausanius describe the countries of Elis and Boeotia?
(a) Having eloquence, but no gifts.
(b) Having both eloquence and gifts.
(c) Having gifts, but no eloquence.
(d) Having no gifts or eloquence.

10. Whose thoughts inspire the guests to speak about love at the party?
(a) Pausanias.
(b) Phaedrus.
(c) Aristodemus.
(d) Agathon.

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

12. What is Aristodemus concerned about as he and Socrates go to the party?
(a) That he will not fit in with the other guests.
(b) That he will not be able to give a proper speech.
(c) That he has not been invited.
(d) That he will not be able to stay as long as the other guests.

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

14. What effect does Phaedrus think Love has on a coward?
(a) It inspires a coward to become a hero.
(b) It causes a coward to become even more afraid.
(c) It has no effect on a coward.
(d) It causes a coward to think about his or her actions.

15. According to Socrates, who changes proverbs about Agamemnon and Menelaus?
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Livy.
(c) Homer.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates appear when he meets Aristodemus before going to the party?

2. What three elements share a harmonious love in nature, as stated by Eryximachus?

3. Why does Apollodorus think that rich men pity him?

4. According to Phaedrus, who are Love's parents?

5. How does Eryximachus define symphony?

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