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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Protagoras say all men should share with others?

2. Why did they try to set up a mediator?

3. What was the one thing sophists tried to avoid?

4. What did Protagoras say every man had access to?

5. To what did Protagoras say men should have a spirit of holiness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Protagoras do to change the tone of the dialogue?

2. What did Hippocrates hope to learn from Protagoras?

3. What made Socrates angry, and how did he respond to this?

4. What frustrated Socrates when he was speaking with Protagoras?

5. Why did Socrates say he did not think Protagoras could teach virtue?

6. What did Protagoras say about evil men?

7. What did Protagoras say statesmen had done to promote virtue?

8. Why did a man slam a door in Socrates' face?

9. How did Protagoras think men got their wisdom?

10. What was Protagoras's big talent during the dialogue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was a sophist, and how did Socrates feel about them? How did this general idea of sophists shape the direction of the discussion in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Education was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the people most affected by this theme, and how did they allow education to change their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Hippocrates was a person whose minor presence made a big difference in the discussion. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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