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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 Socrates claim was impossible?
(a) To please the gods.
(b) To be evil.
(c) To see the gods.
(d) To be good.

2. How did Protagoras describe a good life?
(a) Pleasing.
(b) Pleasurable.
(c) Patient.
(d) Particular.

3. Why did Protagoras not have a true hometown?
(a) He traveled for a living.
(b) His town was destroyed.
(c) He was banished from his town.
(d) He was an orphan.

4. What did Protagoras say an evil man would always admit to being?
(a) Strange.
(b) Honest.
(c) Evil.
(d) Good.

5. Why did Socrates say men liked to look at dancers?
(a) So they could express their emotions.
(b) So they could be aroused.
(c) So they did not have to converse.
(d) So they could feel motivated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Protagoras say he was the best for teaching young men?

2. What did Protagoras say made some men wrongly confident?

3. Who was the goddess of the dead?

4. What did Protagoras see as courage in men?

5. What did Protagoras feel ashamed for while talking with Socrates?

(see the answer key)

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