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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, Line 330-337.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Protagoras say it never paid to conceal sophist beliefs?
(a) Everyone would find out.
(b) The idea will stifle and die.
(c) They are natural and correct.
(d) Lies are contrary to the soul.

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

4. What did Protagoras say the animals received at the creation?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Skills.
(c) Souls.
(d) Claws.

5. Who defended Socrates?
(a) Callias.
(b) Alcibiades.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Hippocrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet did Protagoras say was really a dophist?

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

3. Why did Protagoras say many ordinary men were not virtuous?

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

5. What did Protagoras say men received at the creation?

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