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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, line 352-362.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates say holiness was not?
(a) Merciful.
(b) Teachable.
(c) Just.
(d) Changeable.

2. What was the rival city to Athens?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Thessaly.
(d) Rome.

3. What did Protagoras have to do to be allowed to answer questions again?
(a) Control his temper.
(b) Ask some questions.
(c) Answer to the mediator.
(d) Take a break.

4. What did Protagoras say kept some men from doing good things?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Pain.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pleasure.

5. What did Simonides say it was hard to do?
(a) Love another person.
(b) Explain one's thoughts.
(c) Become a good man.
(d) Live a fair life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said Simonides thought noble men were bad?

2. What problem did Socrates see with Protagoras's program?

3. What was unacceptable to Socrates in Protagoras's speech?

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

5. Who focused the debate on semantics?

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