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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. Which one of the following is not used by Diotima to describe Love?
(a) Tough.
(b) Scheming.
(c) Poor.
(d) Wise.
2. How does Diotima think a young person should interact with beautiful minds?
(a) Only gain knowledge from them.
(b) Exchange knowledge and ideas with them.
(c) Only give ideas to them.
(d) Neither gain knowledge nor give ideas to them.
3. What reason does Socrates give for why people fight in wars?
(a) They consider the enemy to be evil.
(b) They believe in the causes they fight for.
(c) They are really fighting a war within themselves.
(d) They think their names will live on.
4. How drunk does Alcibiades want the other men at the party to be?
(a) As drunk as he is.
(b) More drunk than he is.
(c) He does not want them to drink at all.
(d) Less drunk than he is.
5. What does Alcibiades assure Socrates of before he begins speaking?
(a) That he will speak only the truth.
(b) That he will add to the truth to make Socrates look better.
(c) That he will not speak the truth.
(d) That he does not remember the truth.
Short Answer Questions
1. As explained by Alcibiades, how does Socrates make him feel?
2. In Socrates' opinion, what usually happens to the children of people who invent laws?
3. What is the source of the Platonic Dialogues?
4. Which one of the following is not listed by Socrates as an idea that can be transmitted through love?
5. Who does Alcibiades request to listen to the story of his extreme actions with Socrates?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose of the questions that Socrates asks Agathon at the beginning of his speech and on what point do they agree?
2. What is Socrates' opinion of the speeches he has heard?
3. What does love have the power to do, according to Agathon?
4. What is the definition that Socrates gives of love?
5. At the conclusion of his speech, what does Socrates states is the true power or purpose of love?
6. What is Alcibiades' condition when he interrupts the party, and what does he encourage the other guests to do?
7. How does Diotima help Socrates understand how a person can become a philosopher through love?
8. What does Socrates think the function of love is?
9. Why does Socrates think that love is a spirit?
10. What events does Alcibiades describe in his speech, and how do they show that Socrates cannot be bribed?
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