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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. On what point do Socrates and Agathon agree?
(a) Love is the love of something.
(b) Love has no origin.
(c) Love is the love of nothing.
(d) Love has multiple origins.

2. What fear does Aristophanes have before making his speech?
(a) That people will laugh at it.
(b) That people will not understand it.
(c) That people will not enjoy it.
(d) That people will disagree with it.

3. What does Diotima tell Socrates about Love's function?
(a) It allows humans to taste immortality.
(b) It allows the wise to feel ignorant.
(c) It allows the ignorant to feel wise.
(d) It allows humans to understand immortality.

4. What three elements share a harmonious love in nature, as stated by Eryximachus?
(a) People, animals, and plants,
(b) People, animals, and water.
(c) People, water, and plants.
(d) Animals, water, and plants.

5. In Socrates' speech, how does he describe someone who searches for wisdom?
(a) Wise.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) In between wise and ignorant.
(d) Neither wise nor ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eryximachus describe Pausanias' speech?

2. According to Socrates, which love helps a philosopher reproduce an idea?

3. Why does Apollodorus think that rich men pity him?

4. What characteristics does love have, according to Agathon?

5. How does Socrates appear when he meets Aristodemus before going to the party?

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