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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8, line 214a to 220a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pausanius think the laws are perplexing?
(a) Therapni.
(b) Lacedaemon.
(c) Leonidio.
(d) Tripoli.

2. How does Diotima think women are helped to give birth?
(a) By understanding beauty.
(b) By looking at, understanding, and then ignoring beauty.
(c) By looking at beauty.
(d) By ignoring beauty.

3. According to Socrates, who changes proverbs about Agamemnon and Menelaus?
(a) Plato.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Homer.
(d) Livy.

4. As Eryximachus explains, what is harmony composed of?
(a) Neither high nor low notes.
(b) High and low notes.
(c) Only low notes.
(d) Only high notes.

5. What causes the "man-woman" creatures in Aristophanes' story to become adulterers?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Socrates caused Alcibiades to realize?

2. As explained by Socrates, what is the drive for immortality related to?

3. How does Agathon describe love?

4. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?

5. Who does Alcibiades request to listen to the story of his extreme actions with Socrates?

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