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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, line 78-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who focused the debate on semantics?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Protagoras.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Prodicus.

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

3. What kind of speeches was Protagoras good at giving?
(a) Memorized speeches.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Symbolic speeches.
(d) Rhetorical speeches.

4. What did Meno say virtue was after Socrates talked about teaching?
(a) The power to recollect good things.
(b) The power to divine good from evil.
(c) The power to get good things.
(d) The power to deny evil influences.

5. For what did Protagoras charge fees?
(a) Counseling.
(b) Singing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Socrates say men liked to look at dancers?

2. Who said Simonides thought noble men were bad?

3. What did Socrates say was the opposite of wisdom?

4. What problem did Socrates see with Protagoras's program?

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

(see the answer key)

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