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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is not included in the things Agathon thinks are associated with love?
(a) Springtime.
(b) Bloom of youth.
(c) Summer rainfall.
(d) Blossoming of flowers.

2. How does Diotima think a young person should interact with beautiful minds?
(a) Exchange knowledge and ideas with them.
(b) Neither gain knowledge nor give ideas to them.
(c) Only gain knowledge from them.
(d) Only give ideas to them.

3. According to Alcibiades, what are Socrates' claims that he knows nothing?
(a) The truth.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) An act.
(d) Sarcasm.

4. As explained by Socrates, what is the drive for immortality related to?
(a) The achievements, but not changes in a person's life.
(b) Neither the changes nor the achievements in a person's life.
(c) The changes, but not achievements in a person's life.
(d) The changes and achievements in a person's life.

5. As Agathon explains, where does love bring people together?
(a) Anywhere and everywhere.
(b) The battlefield.
(c) Politics.
(d) Parties.

6. According to Alcibiades, what type of music are Socrates' speeches comparable to?
(a) Flute playing.
(b) A string quartet.
(c) Tribal drums.
(d) Piano waltzes.

7. What phrase does Socrates use to refer to the practice of learning?
(a) The hypothesis of the higher hypothesis.
(b) The hypothesis of the remembered hypothesis.
(c) The hypothesis of the forgotten hypothesis.
(d) The hypothesis of the changing hypothesis.

8. Why does Diotima think Love is not a god?
(a) Love cannot create things.
(b) Love can die quickly.
(c) Love cannot understand the language of the Gods.
(d) Love cannot make laws.

9. According to Diotima, how many people does a young person eventually become attracted to?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Many.
(d) Two.

10. According to Socrates, which love helps a philosopher reproduce an idea?
(a) The love of beauty.
(b) The love of intelligence.
(c) The love of patience.
(d) The love of generosity.

11. What does Socrates ironically state his speech is about?
(a) The truth.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Both the truth and fiction.
(d) Neither the truth nor fiction.

12. What does Diotima tell Socrates about Love's function?
(a) It allows the wise to feel ignorant.
(b) It allows humans to understand immortality.
(c) It allows the ignorant to feel wise.
(d) It allows humans to taste immortality.

13. Who does Alcibiades request to listen to the story of his extreme actions with Socrates?
(a) Only people who do not understand philosophy.
(b) Only people who understand philosophy.
(c) No one.
(d) Everyone.

14. According to Agathon, what effect does love have on bad things?
(a) It removes them.
(b) It increases them.
(c) It has very little effect on them.
(d) It has no effect on them.

15. What reason does Socrates give for why people fight in wars?
(a) They are really fighting a war within themselves.
(b) They think their names will live on.
(c) They believe in the causes they fight for.
(d) They consider the enemy to be evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Diotima's explanation, what will beasts die to protect?

2. What complaint does the drunken Alcibiades have at the end of Part 7?

3. Where does Diotima think that Love sleeps?

4. In Agathon's opinion, what does love compel people to do?

5. What does Diotima compare Love to in explaining its features?

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