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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 did Protagoras say people were overcome by without knowledge?
(a) Evil.
(b) Pain.
(c) Risks.
(d) Pleasures.

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

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

4. Who ended the dialogue between Protagoras and Socrates?
(a) Meno.
(b) Plato.
(c) Protagoras.
(d) Socrates.

5. Why did Socrates say Meno did not understand acquiring things?
(a) He was young.
(b) He was poor.
(c) He was rich.
(d) He was old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates equate with being good?

2. What did Socrates' theory of learning give people the courage to do?

3. What did Socrates say were teachers' real responsibility?

4. What did Socrates say shaped a person's behavior?

5. What did Socrates say all men should learn to do to gauge the greater good?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of things did Socrates say would bring long-term pleasures?

2. How did Meno try to define virtue?

3. What point did Protagoras try to make about pleasure?

4. What did Anytus say after hearing the news of Protagoras's death?

5. What did Meno compare his conversation to Socrates with, and why?

6. What did Protagoras feel ashamed about after Socrates' statements about poetry?

7. What was ironic about Socrates bringing up a poem from Pindar?

8. What did Socrates say men should compare to choose the right thing to do?

9. What was the first thing Meno asked Socrates?

10. What did Socrates say about immediate pleasures?

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