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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9, line 220a to line 223d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has an argument at the end of Aristophanes' speech?
(a) Socrates and Aristophanes.
(b) Socrates and Agathon.
(c) Aristophanes and Agathon.
(d) Socrates, Aristophanes, and Agathon.

2. What part of Agathon's speech does Socrates compliment?
(a) The ending.
(b) None of it.
(c) The middle.
(d) The beginning.

3. How does Alcibiades describe Socrates' words when they are first heard?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Astonishing.

4. According to Diotima, who is Love's mother?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Intelligence.

5. Why does Apollodorus have pity for rich men?
(a) Because they never seem to have enough money no matter how much they make.
(b) Because they think they are doing nothing when they are doing something.
(c) Because they have more money than they can possibly spend.
(d) Because they think they are doing something when they are doing nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Agathon, what effect does love have on bad things?

2. What does Socrates tell Alcibiades about his political efforts?

3. How does Agathon describe love?

4. According to Pausanius, what is the love of the body rather than the soul?

5. Who requests that Socrates sit near him at the party?

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