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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) Changeable.
(d) Just.

2. Who said Simonides thought noble men were bad?
(a) Protagoras.
(b) Prodicus.
(c) Hippocrates.
(d) Socrates.

3. What did Socrates say men would have to do to get their greatest pleasure?
(a) Forego certain pleasures.
(b) Wait and bide their time.
(c) Have some foresight.
(d) Endure some pain.

4. Who was made to look foolish when the poem by Simonides was brought up?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Simonides.
(d) Protagoras.

5. Who asked the question about the difference between becoming and being?
(a) Protagoras.
(b) Prodicus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Simonides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates say was the opposite of wisdom?

2. Whose sons did Protagoras say never learned virtue?

3. Who did Protagoras say made it possible for every man to have access to something?

4. Why were sophists accused of taking something away from families?

5. What did Socrates want Protagoras to define in his speech?

(see the answer key)

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