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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Socrates' speech, how does he describe someone who searches for wisdom?
(a) Neither wise nor ignorant.
(b) Wise.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) In between wise and ignorant.

2. According to Diotima, who is Love's mother?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Intelligence.

3. As explained by Socrates, is love ugly or beautiful?
(a) It is mostly ugly.
(b) It is somewhere between ugly and beautiful.
(c) It is mostly beautiful.
(d) It is neither ugly nor beautiful.

4. What example does Socrates use as a tale that has lived throughout generations?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

5. How does Agathon describe love?
(a) The strongest of the gods.
(b) The youngest of the gods.
(c) The eldest of the gods.
(d) The weakest of the gods.

6. What general definition of Love does Diotima provide?
(a) The desire to have the good forever.
(b) The desire to have the bad temporarily.
(c) The desire to have both good or bad.
(d) The desire to have neither good nor bad.

7. Who objects to the drinking taking place in Chapter 8?
(a) Eryximachus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Agathon.

8. How does Socrates view people in Alcibiades' view?
(a) He does not care if they are beautiful, as long as they are rich.
(b) He prefers them to be both beautiful and rich.
(c) He does not care if they are rich, as long as they are beautiful.
(d) He does not care if they are beautiful or rich.

9. Where does Diotima think that Love sleeps?
(a) In the streets and fields.
(b) On the rocks and hills.
(c) In a bed.
(d) On a cloud.

10. What part of Agathon's speech does Socrates compliment?
(a) None of it.
(b) The ending.
(c) The middle.
(d) The beginning.

11. Who does Socrates refer to as an example of a remembered writer?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Aesop.
(d) Homer.

12. How does Alcibiades claim that Socrates assaulted him?
(a) Physically.
(b) Verbally.
(c) He does not claim that Socrates assaulted him.
(d) Mentally.

13. According to Agathon, who can love capture?
(a) Ares.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Poseidon.

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

15. Which one of the following is not included in Diotima's list of things that spirits help with?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Reason.
(d) Fortune telling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Alcibiades invited Socrates over for dinner?

2. What does Socrates think about the speeches he has just heard?

3. What does Socrates ironically state his speech is about?

4. Besides having a child with a woman, how does Socrates think that some men express their "pregnancy"?

5. What does Diotima tell Socrates about Love's function?

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