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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7, line 208a to 214a.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. As Agathon explains, where does love bring people together?
(a) Anywhere and everywhere.
(b) The battlefield.
(c) Politics.
(d) Parties.
2. What complaint does the drunken Alcibiades have at the end of Part 7?
(a) That Socrates is wiser than him.
(b) That Socrates is sneaking up on him.
(c) That he missed Socrates' speech.
(d) That there is no more wine.
3. What characteristics does love have, according to Agathon?
(a) Soft and rough.
(b) Soft, but coarse.
(c) Rough, but tender.
(d) Soft and tender.
4. What does astronomy inform people of, according to Eryximachus?
(a) When to make sacrifices.
(b) Why to make sacrifices.
(c) Which sacrifices to make.
(d) The best ways to make sacrifices.
5. In the example Socrates provides, what city's laws are "fathered" by Solon?
(a) Tripoli.
(b) Achames.
(c) Athens.
(d) Pireas.
Short Answer Questions
1. What advice does Eryximachus give to Aristophanes before speaking in Part 3?
2. What does Eryximachus interpret Heraclitus' words to mean?
3. What is the "art" that Eryximachus refers to as the inspiration for the ideas in his speech?
4. How does Homer describe love's feet in the passage quoted by Agathon?
5. According to Socrates, which love helps a philosopher reproduce an idea?
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