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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does astronomy inform people of, according to Eryximachus?
(a) When to make sacrifices.
(b) Which sacrifices to make.
(c) Why to make sacrifices.
(d) The best ways to make sacrifices.

2. In Eryximachus' opinion, what is education in musical terms?
(a) The composition of new songs.
(b) The criticism of new songs.
(c) The correct performance of an existing composition.
(d) The analysis of an existing composition.

3. Which one of the following is not an example that Eryximachus uses to describe the hostile elements?
(a) Bitter and sweet.
(b) Hot and cold.
(c) Hard and soft.
(d) Moist and dry.

4. Who is Apollodorus talking with at the beginning of Symposium?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A companion.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Agathon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Aristophanes explains, what part of the body is extra skin used to form?

2. In Pausanius' opinion, how many goddesses of love are there?

3. According to Agathon, how does love deal with old age?

4. Which one of the following is not one of the features that Aristophanes includes in his description of what humans were once like?

5. How does Socrates respond to the idea of speaking about love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference in the loves that Pausanias describes?

2. Where is Socrates when Aristodemus arrives at Agathon's house?

3. What is the intention of Aristophanes' speech, and what clarification does he add to the end of it?

4. How is music used by Eryximachus as a metaphor for love?

5. What are the different types of the creatures that Aristophanes speaks about?

6. As Eryximachus explains, what is the role of a doctor in healing a patient?

7. What do Socrates and Aristodemus talk about on the way to the house and what is Aristodemus' dilemma?

8. How many kinds of love does Pausanias claim there are and why?

9. In Aristophanes' opinion, what other changes do the gods make to humans, and what is the reason for the changes?

10. Why does Phaedrus include the story of Achilles in his speech?

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