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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. According to Socrates, what ideas can a man become "pregnant" with?
(a) How to fight wars.
(b) How to raise children.
(c) How to best run a city and the nation.
(d) How to resolve conflict without wars.

2. Who does Socrates refer to as an example of a remembered writer?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Aesop.
(c) Homer.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Whose permission does Socrates seek before asking Agathon questions?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Pausanius.
(c) Eryximachus.
(d) Phaedrus.

4. How does Homer describe love's feet in the passage quoted by Agathon?
(a) Quick.
(b) Sensitive.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Determined.

5. How does Agathon describe love?
(a) The eldest of the gods.
(b) The strongest of the gods.
(c) The weakest of the gods.
(d) The youngest of the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the example Socrates provides, what city's laws are "fathered" by Solon?

2. According to Diotima, who is Love's mother?

3. In Diotima's opinion, what does a potential philosopher learn about beautiful minds?

4. How drunk does Alcibiades want the other men at the party to be?

5. According to Diotima, how many people does a young person eventually become attracted to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Socrates' opinion, what does a person's achievements have to do with love, and which example does he use?

2. What suggestion does Alcibiades make, why does Socrates object to it, and how does Alcibiades convince him to allow it?

3. What is the purpose of the questions that Socrates asks Agathon at the beginning of his speech and on what point do they agree?

4. What accusation does Alcibiades make against Socrates and why?

5. How does Socrates' theory of passing on knowledge apply to his own life?

6. What examples does Socrates provide of what men can leave behind?

7. What does Socrates think the function of love is?

8. Why does Socrates think that love is a spirit?

9. Why does Socrates believe that love cannot be beautiful or ugly, and what analogy does he use?

10. At the conclusion of his speech, what does Socrates states is the true power or purpose of love?

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