Symposium Test | Final Test - Easy

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Symposium Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Socrates refer to as an example of a remembered writer?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Homer.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Aesop.

2. According to Socrates, what is the lover directed towards?
(a) What he or she already has.
(b) What he or she does not understand.
(c) What he or she does not have.
(d) What he or she will never understand.

3. How does Agathon compare love with other desires?
(a) It is the strongest desire.
(b) It is the weakest desire.
(c) It is one of the weakest desires.
(d) It is one of the strongest desires.

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

5. According to Socrates, which love helps a philosopher reproduce an idea?
(a) The love of patience.
(b) The love of intelligence.
(c) The love of generosity.
(d) The love of beauty.

6. For what does Socrates give Agathon credit?
(a) Recommending love to everyone.
(b) Giving such a detailed definition of love.
(c) Giving such a broad definition of love.
(d) Recommending love to only those who deserve it.

7. How does Alcibiades claim that Socrates assaulted him?
(a) Mentally.
(b) Physically.
(c) He does not claim that Socrates assaulted him.
(d) Verbally.

8. How many kinds of Love are there, according to Diotima?
(a) Many.
(b) Very few.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

9. What has Socrates caused Alcibiades to realize?
(a) That he needs to change his lifestyle.
(b) That he should not change his lifestyle.
(c) That others do not approve of his lifestyle.
(d) That no one is aware of his lifestyle.

10. What reason does Socrates give for why people fight in wars?
(a) They think their names will live on.
(b) They are really fighting a war within themselves.
(c) They believe in the causes they fight for.
(d) They consider the enemy to be evil.

11. In what military campaign do Socrates and Alcibiades participate?
(a) Argos.
(b) Athens.
(c) Volos.
(d) Pireas.

12. As explained by Socrates, what is the drive for immortality related to?
(a) The changes and achievements in a person's life.
(b) Neither the changes nor the achievements in a person's life.
(c) The changes, but not achievements in a person's life.
(d) The achievements, but not changes in a person's life.

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

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

15. What complaint does the drunken Alcibiades have at the end of Part 7?
(a) That he missed Socrates' speech.
(b) That there is no more wine.
(c) That Socrates is wiser than him.
(d) That Socrates is sneaking up on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Diotima's opinion, who is Love's father?

2. In the example Socrates provides, what city's laws are "fathered" by Solon?

3. What does Diotima compare Love to in explaining its features?

4. In Alcibiades' opinion, why does Socrates associate with young boys?

5. According to Alcibiades, what type of music are Socrates' speeches comparable to?

(see the answer keys)

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