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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. To what did Protagoras compare the parts of virtue?
(a) The parts of a face.
(b) The pieces of a puzzle.
(c) The letters of the alphabet.
(d) The links in a chain.

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

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

4. What did Socrates compare men to after Protagoras said there are some good things and some bad things for man?
(a) Mineral.
(b) Plants.
(c) Animals.
(d) Gods.

5. What was Pericles' occupation?
(a) Statesman.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Speaker.
(d) Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Protagoras say kept some men from doing good things?

2. Who changed the method of inquiry in the dialogue between Socrates and Protagoras?

3. How did Socrates feel about virtue being separated into parts?

4. Why did Protagoras say it never paid to conceal sophist beliefs?

5. What mathematical device did Socrates use when talking about pain measurement?

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