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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eryximachus define astronomy?
(a) The study of how love orders the stars.
(b) The study of the stars and their agreement with love.
(c) The study of the stars and their opposition to love.
(d) The study of how the stars affect love.

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

3. Which goddess does Pausanius associate with love?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

4. How many kinds of love does Pausanius think there are?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. 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 regain a sense of oneness.
(d) The drive to understand the need for oneness.

6. As Aristophanes explains, what part of the body is extra skin used to form?
(a) The fingers.
(b) The toes.
(c) The nose.
(d) The belly button.

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

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

9. What statement about music does Eryximachus think is absurd?
(a) Melody is contradicting.
(b) Harmony is discord.
(c) Harmony is contradicting.
(d) Melody is discord.

10. How is the muse, Urania, described in Eryximachus' speech?
(a) Fair and heavenly.
(b) Fair, but not heavenly.
(c) Heavenly, but unfair.
(d) Neither fair nor heavenly.

11. What example does Pausanius use in explaining the role of tyranny?
(a) Leander.
(b) Aristogeiton.
(c) Alcyone.
(d) Hippolytus.

12. Where does Pausanius think the laws are perplexing?
(a) Tripoli.
(b) Therapni.
(c) Lacedaemon.
(d) Leonidio.

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

14. When does Agathon's sacrifice of victory take place?
(a) One week before the party.
(b) Two weeks before the party.
(c) Two days before the party.
(d) The day before the party.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose thoughts inspire the guests to speak about love at the party?

2. What is the size of the audience that sees Agathon's play?

3. How does Eryximachus describe Pausanias' speech?

4. How does Pausanius describe the countries of Elis and Boeotia?

5. According to Phaedrus, which other motive is able to implant as well as Love?

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