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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, line 78-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Protagoras feel ashamed for while talking with Socrates?
(a) Spouting his beliefs.
(b) Trying to evade him.
(c) Giving long speeches.
(d) Insulting sophists.

2. What kind of entertainment did Socrates say poetry was?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Second rate.
(d) Uneducated.

3. What did Socrates say were teachers' real responsibility?
(a) To create new substance.
(b) To inspire pupils.
(c) To help people recollect knowledge.
(d) To enhance worldly experiences.

4. What benefit did Protagoras say wealthy men had over poor men?
(a) They had more virtue.
(b) They could pay for schools.
(c) They had clearer visions.
(d) They could focus on learning.

5. What did Protagoras say statesmen made to teach virtue?
(a) Training grounds.
(b) Gymnasiums.
(c) Music halls.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who often schemed to conquer Greece in Socrates' time?

2. What part of man did Pindar say was immortal?

3. Whose sons did Protagoras say never learned virtue?

4. Whom did Socrates say was good all the time?

5. What attribute did Socrates say men in battle had to have?

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