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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to Socrates, what ideas can a man become "pregnant" with?
(a) How to resolve conflict without wars.
(b) How to best run a city and the nation.
(c) How to fight wars.
(d) How to raise children.

6. In Diotima's opinion, what does a potential philosopher learn about beautiful minds?
(a) They are more important than beautiful bodies.
(b) They have the same importance as beautiful bodies.
(c) They are less important than beautiful bodies.
(d) Neither beautiful minds nor bodies are important.

7. How many times has Alcibiades invited Socrates over for dinner?
(a) Once.
(b) Too many to count.
(c) Three times.
(d) Twice.

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

9. According to Alcibiades, what tactic does not work with Socrates?
(a) Bribery.
(b) Flattery.
(c) Fear.
(d) Manipulation.

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

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

12. What does Socrates think about the speeches he has just heard?
(a) They are filled with the truth.
(b) They are too logical.
(c) They make no sense.
(d) They are filled with lies.

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

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

15. Which one of the following is not listed by Socrates as an idea that can be transmitted through love?
(a) War.
(b) Politics.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What general definition of Love does Diotima provide?

2. In Alcibiades' opinion, why does Socrates associate with young boys?

3. How many kinds of Love are there, according to Diotima?

4. According to Diotima, who is Love's mother?

5. According to Agathon, what effect does love have on bad things?

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