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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, line 87-95.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At whose house was Protagoras staying?
(a) Cannus.
(b) Camus.
(c) Cafius.
(d) Callus.

3. What is the one thing everything has according to Socrates?
(a) A use.
(b) A place.
(c) A definition.
(d) An opposite.

4. What was Gorgias's occupation?
(a) Builder.
(b) Senator.
(c) Speaker.
(d) Teacher.

5. What major element did Socrates use in his argument against Protagoras?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Socrates say temperance could not be a part of virtue?

2. What made Protagoras upset when speaking to Socrates?

3. What part of knowledge did Socrates say was hard to identify?

4. How did the audience respond to Protagoras's speech about virtue?

5. Which of the following was something Protagoras did NOT teach in his course?

(see the answer key)

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