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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, 70-78.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did a porter slam a door in Socrates' face?
(a) He was instructed to do so.
(b) Socrates had no money.
(c) He thought he was a sophist.
(d) Socrates said something rude.

2. What did Socrates say was the opposite of wisdom?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Folly.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Temperance.

3. What did Socrates say no man wanted?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Pain.
(c) Evil things.
(d) Obligations.

4. What did Socrates say all men should want to be?
(a) Loved.
(b) Understood.
(c) Good speakers.
(d) Knowledgeable.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Protagoras say he was the best for teaching young men?

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

5. What kind of entertainment did Socrates say poetry was?

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