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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Aristophanes' opinion, why do the gods make changes to humans?
(a) Out of mercy for humans.
(b) To make sure that humans stay inferior.
(c) To earn the humans' trust and gratitude.
(d) Out of the need for perfection.

2. Why does Socrates refuse to attend Agathon's sacrifice of victory?
(a) He fears not enough people would be there.
(b) He fears the crowd.
(c) He does not approve of many of the guests.
(d) He does not agree with Agathon's victory.

3. What is the purpose of Aristophanes' speech, as he indicates after it is finished?
(a) To make fun of both Agathon and Pausanius.
(b) Not to make fun of Agathon and Pausanius.
(c) To make fun of Agathon, but not Pausanius.
(d) To make fun of Pausanius, but not Agathon.

4. Who firsts requests drinking in moderation at the party?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Pausanias.
(c) Aristodemus.
(d) Eryximachus.

5. What advice does Eryximachus give to Aristophanes before speaking in Part 3?
(a) To eat faster.
(b) To write down his thoughts from now on.
(c) To stop disappearing.
(d) To hold his breath.

6. In Pausanius' view, who is the father of the youngest goddess of love?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Zeus.

7. How does Aristophanes define love?
(a) The excitement of humans in an altered state.
(b) The drive to understand the need for oneness.
(c) The confusion of humans in an altered state.
(d) The drive to regain a sense of oneness.

8. Besides Apollodorus, to whom else has Aristodemus recounted the events of the party?
(a) Glaucon.
(b) No one.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Philip.

9. What princess does Phaedrus use as an example for a sacrifice made out of Love?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Europe.
(d) Alcestis.

10. In Aristophanes' opinion, how are humans originally shaped?
(a) They are square.
(b) They are round.
(c) They are the same shape as they are now.
(d) They have no definite shape.

11. According to Pausanius, which type of people partake in the physical form of love?
(a) Confused.
(b) Wise.
(c) Impatient.
(d) Foolish.

12. What does Eryximachus believe to be the source of pestilence and destruction in nature?
(a) When a season is overtaken by untested love.
(b) When a season changes before its time.
(c) When a season is overtaken by violent love.
(d) When a season refuses to change on time.

13. How does Eryximachus describe Pausanias' speech?
(a) A fair beginning with a lame ending.
(b) A lame beginning with a lame ending.
(c) A fair beginning with a fair ending.
(d) A lame beginning with a fair ending.

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

15. Who requests that Socrates sit near him at the party?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Agathon.
(c) Eryximachus.
(d) Aristodemus.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Pausanius explains, who is the oldest goddess of love's father?

2. What does Eryximachus interpret Heraclitus' words to mean?

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

4. What memory does Aristophanes believe humans are supposed to have of their creation?

5. According to Phaedrus' story, how could Achilles have avoided death?

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