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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Line 337-344.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Prodicus say gave him true praise?
(a) Hearing their party win.
(b) Seeing students become wise.
(c) Agreeing in debates.
(d) Listening to intelligent discussions.

2. What did Callias not allow Socrates to do?
(a) Insult Protagoras.
(b) Leave his house,
(c) Use fables to prove a point.
(d) Enroll his son in Protagoras's program.

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

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

5. What were fables used to teach boys?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Reading.
(c) History.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Protagoras have to do to be allowed to answer questions again?

5. Which of the following was NOT a piece of virtue according to Protagoras?

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