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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. What causes the "man-woman" creatures in Aristophanes' story to become adulterers?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Confusion.

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

3. According to Eryximachus, how many kinds of love exist in the human body?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?
(a) Wise.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Confused.
(d) Impatient.

5. According to Eryximachus, what elements create rhythm?
(a) Short, medium length, and long.
(b) Medium length and long.
(c) Short and medium length.
(d) Short and long.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Aristophanes' opinion, how are humans originally shaped?

2. Besides Apollodorus, to whom else has Aristodemus recounted the events of the party?

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

4. Where does Pausanius think the laws are perplexing?

5. Why does Apollodorus think that rich men pity him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to Aristophanes, how did humans begin to walk upright?

6. What approach does Eryximachus take when speaking about love and how does it differ from the previous speeches?

7. Where is Socrates when Aristodemus arrives at Agathon's house?

8. What do Socrates and Aristodemus talk about on the way to the house and what is Aristodemus' dilemma?

9. What is the description of the creature that Aristophanes gives at the beginning of his speech?

10. Who are the parents of love, according to Pausanias?

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