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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Socrates say virtue meant to leaders?
(a) Having an objective mind.
(b) Dealing with justice.
(c) Teaching followers.
(d) Having mercy.

3. What mathematical device did Socrates use when talking about pain measurement?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Geometry.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Trigonometry.

4. How did Meno know Gorgias?
(a) He was his brother.
(b) He was his uncle.
(c) He was his nephew.
(d) He was his student.

5. How could a man not be virtuous when acquiring good things?
(a) Getting them in the wrong quantities.
(b) Getting them at the wrong times.
(c) Getting them through bad methods.
(d) Getting them for the wrong reasons.

6. For what did Protagoras charge fees?
(a) Counseling.
(b) Singing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Writing.

7. Who often schemed to conquer Greece in Socrates' time?
(a) The Pharaoh.
(b) The Theban Prince.
(c) The Senators of Rome.
(d) The King of Persia.

8. What did Protagoras say made some men wrongly confident?
(a) Love.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Madness.
(d) Confusion.

9. What was the occupation of the father of the third party in the dialogue between Meno and Socrates?
(a) Senator.
(b) Business man.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Sophist.

10. Why did Socrates say strength would not be a part of virtue?
(a) It could be used foolishly.
(b) It was not universal.
(c) It is not something recalled by memory.
(d) It was universal.

11. What kind of definitions did Meno like best?
(a) Theoretical definitions.
(b) Concrete definitions.
(c) Philosophical definitions.
(d) Rhetorical definitions.

12. What did Socrates think men could actually learn from sophists?
(a) Literature.
(b) Religion.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Measurement.

13. To what did Socrates have Meno apply his theory of learning?
(a) Exploring religious theory.
(b) Figuring out what virtue was.
(c) Teaching others basic principles.
(d) Defining personal identity.

14. What did Socrates equate with being good?
(a) Perfection.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Living.

15. What was the key to having all five pieces of virtue?
(a) Education.
(b) Nature.
(c) Courage.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many parts of virtue did Protagoras say there were?

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

4. What did Pindar write?

5. Whom were the only people claiming to teach virtue at the time of Socrates?

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