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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pausanius describe the love taking place in barbarian countries?
(a) Meaningful.
(b) Thoughtless.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Dishonorable.

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

3. According to Phaedrus' story, how could Achilles have avoided death?
(a) By slaying Hector.
(b) By slaying Agamemnon.
(c) By not slaying Hector.
(d) By not slaying Agamemnon.

4. Why does Apollodorus think that rich men pity him?
(a) Because they think he is ignorant.
(b) Because they think he is unhappy.
(c) Because they think he is misinformed.
(d) Because they think he is poor.

5. What statement about music does Eryximachus think is absurd?
(a) Melody is contradicting.
(b) Harmony is discord.
(c) Melody is discord.
(d) Harmony is contradicting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates appear when he meets Aristodemus before going to the party?

2. According to Glaucon, what is the road to Athens made for?

3. In Eryximachus' opinion, what is education in musical terms?

4. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?

5. According to Phaedrus, which other motive is able to implant as well as Love?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orpheus become an example used by Phaedrus to depict what not to do?

2. What is the intention of Aristophanes' speech, and what clarification does he add to the end of it?

3. Why do Socrates and Agathon argue after Aristophanes' speech?

4. Why does Phaedrus include the story of Achilles in his speech?

5. What is the purpose of love, according to Eryximachus?

6. In Aristophanes' opinion, what other changes do the gods make to humans, and what is the reason for the changes?

7. How is the subject of the speeches at the Symposium decided?

8. What is the difference in the loves that Pausanias describes?

9. Why is Aristophanes unable to speak after Pausanias as scheduled?

10. How is music used by Eryximachus as a metaphor for love?

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