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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 part of Agathon's speech does Socrates compliment?
(a) The middle.
(b) None of it.
(c) The beginning.
(d) The ending.
2. What does Diotima compare Love to in explaining its features?
(a) A right opinion.
(b) A wrong opinion.
(c) An opinion that is neither right nor wrong.
(d) An opinion that can be perceived as right by some and wrong by others.
3. Which one of the following is not included in the things Agathon thinks are associated with love?
(a) Blossoming of flowers.
(b) Springtime.
(c) Summer rainfall.
(d) Bloom of youth.
4. Where is Diotima, Socrates' teacher, from?
(a) Tripoli.
(b) Dimitsana.
(c) Mantineia.
(d) Levidi.
5. Who objects to the drinking taking place in Chapter 8?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Eryximachus.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Socrates' speech, how does he describe someone who searches for wisdom?
2. How many kinds of Love are there, according to Diotima?
3. According to Agathon, who can love capture?
4. According to Socrates, what is the lover directed towards?
5. What does Socrates ironically state his speech is about?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Socrates believe that love cannot be beautiful or ugly, and what analogy does he use?
2. Why does Socrates think that love is a spirit?
3. What does love have the power to do, according to Agathon?
4. What is the purpose of the questions that Socrates asks Agathon at the beginning of his speech and on what point do they agree?
5. At the conclusion of his speech, what does Socrates states is the true power or purpose of love?
6. What suggestion does Alcibiades make, why does Socrates object to it, and how does Alcibiades convince him to allow it?
7. How does Agathon describe love?
8. What does Socrates think the function of love is?
9. What is Socrates' opinion of the speeches he has heard?
10. What accusation does Alcibiades make against Socrates and why?
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