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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what animal does Aristophanes compare the "man-woman creatures"?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Fish.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Birds.

3. In Eryximachus' opinion, what can the best physician do?
(a) Analyze the different forms of love.
(b) Ignore love's existence.
(c) Separate the different forms of love.
(d) Appreciate the different forms of love.

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

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

6. What does Aristophanes state that mankind does not understand?
(a) The necessity of Love.
(b) The wisdom of Love.
(c) The hypocrisy of Love.
(d) The power of Love.

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

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

9. What are the doors like when Aristodemus reaches Agathon's house?
(a) They are wide open.
(b) They are closed, but unlocked.
(c) They are closed and locked.
(d) They are slightly open.

10. How many legs does man have in the beginning, according to Aristophanes?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

11. What advice does Eryximachus give to Aristophanes before speaking in Part 3?
(a) To hold his breath.
(b) To eat faster.
(c) To write down his thoughts from now on.
(d) To stop disappearing.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is not one of the features that Aristophanes includes in his description of what humans were once like?

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

3. How does Eryximachus describe Polyhymnia?

4. Besides Apollodorus, to whom else has Aristodemus recounted the events of the party?

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

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