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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Diotima, Socrates' teacher, from?
(a) Tripoli.
(b) Levidi.
(c) Dimitsana.
(d) Mantineia.

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

4. What is the source of the Platonic Dialogues?
(a) The conversations between Socrates and friends.
(b) The conversations between Socrates and strangers.
(c) The mentoring of other philosophers by Socrates.
(d) The mentoring of young minds by Socrates.

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

6. What complaint does the drunken Alcibiades have at the end of Part 7?
(a) That there is no more wine.
(b) That he missed Socrates' speech.
(c) That Socrates is sneaking up on him.
(d) That Socrates is wiser than him.

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

8. In Agathon's opinion, what does love compel people to do?
(a) The right thing.
(b) Mostly the right thing, but sometimes the wrong thing.
(c) Mostly the wrong thing, but sometimes the right thing.
(d) The wrong thing.

9. What are the "statues of Silenus"?
(a) Statues of the gods.
(b) Statues with statues of the gods inside of them.
(c) Statues that are protected by the gods.
(d) Statues that are approved by the gods.

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

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

12. How does Agathon compare love with other desires?
(a) It is the strongest desire.
(b) It is one of the weakest desires.
(c) It is the weakest desire.
(d) It is one of the strongest desires.

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

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

15. According to Socrates, what is the lover directed towards?
(a) What he or she already has.
(b) What he or she does not have.
(c) What he or she does not understand.
(d) What he or she will never understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Socrates refer to as an example of a remembered writer?

2. As explained by Socrates, which images can the young philosopher understand and reproduce?

3. How does Diotima define a spirit?

4. What part of Agathon's speech does Socrates compliment?

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

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