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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the doors like when Aristodemus reaches Agathon's house?
(a) They are slightly open.
(b) They are closed and locked.
(c) They are closed, but unlocked.
(d) They are wide open.

2. According to Phaedrus, which other motive is able to implant as well as Love?
(a) Kindred.
(b) Wealth.
(c) No other motive.
(d) Honor.

3. According to Eryximachus, what elements create rhythm?
(a) Short and medium length.
(b) Short, medium length, and long.
(c) Medium length and long.
(d) Short and long.

4. What is Apollodorus' old name?
(a) Apollodorus the thinker.
(b) Apollodorus the orator.
(c) Apollodorus the madman.
(d) Apollodorus the wise man.

5. As related by Apollodorus, how many years has Agathon not resided at Athens?
(a) Agathon still resides in Athens.
(b) Only a few years.
(c) Many years.
(d) Only one year.

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

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

8. What is the order of the three things in Hesiod's theory, as referenced by Phaedrus?
(a) First Chaos, then Earth and Love.
(b) First Earth, then Chaos and Love.
(c) First Earth, then Love and Chaos.
(d) First Love, then Earth and Chaos.

9. Which goddess does Pausanius associate with love?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Artemis.

10. Which one of the following is not one of the features that Aristophanes includes in his description of what humans were once like?
(a) They could move objects through telepathy.
(b) They had four ears.
(c) They could walk backwards or forwards.
(d) They could roll over at great speeds.

11. What does Eryximachus interpret Heraclitus' words to mean?
(a) Music features similar and opposite factors.
(b) Music has a reconciliation of opposites.
(c) Music is the further division of opposites.
(d) Music features only similar factors.

12. As Aristophanes explains, what part of the body is extra skin used to form?
(a) The fingers.
(b) The nose.
(c) The toes.
(d) The belly button.

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

14. As used in Eryximachus' speech, what does the word "licentiousness" mean?
(a) Imposing restraint.
(b) Containing too much restraint.
(c) Lacking restraint.
(d) Containing incomprehensible restraints.

15. What is one of the points that Eryximachus makes with Urania's story?
(a) The acceptance of the intemperate.
(b) The avoidance of the intemperate.
(c) The avoidance of the temperate.
(d) The acceptance of the temperate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eryximachus' suggestion for the flute-girl?

2. What does Aristophanes state that mankind does not understand?

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

4. How many types of "creatures" does Aristophanes think there were in the beginning of man?

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

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