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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Lines 317-324.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Socrates say was not a teachable craft?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Equity.

3. Why were sophists accused of taking something away from families?
(a) They teach strange ideas.
(b) They teach young pupils.
(c) They teach in far away places.
(d) They are bold and loud.

4. What did Socrates say Hippocrates is letting be molded?
(a) His soul.
(b) His body.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) His mind.

5. Which of the following was something Protagoras did NOT teach in his course?
(a) Decorum.
(b) History.
(c) Politics.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a porter slam a door in Socrates' face?

2. What did Hippocrates tell Socrates when he stopped by the house late at night?

3. What do families say sophists take away from them?

4. To what did Socrates compare sophist words?

5. What did Protagoras say being a sophist can be?

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