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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. As Agathon explains, where does love bring people together?
(a) Parties.
(b) Anywhere and everywhere.
(c) The battlefield.
(d) Politics.

2. As explained by Socrates, what is the drive for immortality related to?
(a) The changes, but not achievements in a person's life.
(b) The achievements, but not changes in a person's life.
(c) The changes and achievements in a person's life.
(d) Neither the changes nor the achievements in a person's life.

3. According to Socrates, what is the lover directed towards?
(a) What he or she does not have.
(b) What he or she does not understand.
(c) What he or she will never understand.
(d) What he or she already has.

4. According to Socrates, which love helps a philosopher reproduce an idea?
(a) The love of intelligence.
(b) The love of beauty.
(c) The love of patience.
(d) The love of generosity.

5. In Diotima's opinion, what is the confusing point of Love?
(a) It is what the lover should not feel.
(b) It is what the lover cannot feel.
(c) It is what the lover feels.
(d) It is what the lover might or might not feel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alcibiades compare Socrates to in his speech?

2. In Agathon's opinion, what does love compel people to do?

3. According to Socrates, what ideas can a man become "pregnant" with?

4. According to Agathon, who can love capture?

5. What does Diotima compare Love to in explaining its features?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Alcibiades, what effect did Socrates have on him?

3. What is Alcibiades' condition when he interrupts the party, and what does he encourage the other guests to do?

4. As explained by Socrates, what is the confusing part of love and what are some of the different kinds of love that exist?

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

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

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

8. What does love have the power to do, according to Agathon?

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

10. How can men become "pregnant," according to Socrates?

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