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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, line 95-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Gorgias different from other sophists?
(a) He agreed with much of what Socrates said.
(b) He did not charge exorbitant fees.
(c) He was not a good speaker.
(d) He never claimed to teach virtue.

3. What did Meno say was dividing statesmen?
(a) Whether virtue could be taught.
(b) The rule of the king.
(c) The opinion of sophists.
(d) The role of teaching.

4. What did Socrates say shape had?
(a) Color.
(b) Generality.
(c) Visibility.
(d) Longitude.

5. How could a man not be virtuous when acquiring good things?
(a) Getting them through bad methods.
(b) Getting them in the wrong quantities.
(c) Getting them at the wrong times.
(d) Getting them for the wrong reasons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the one thing sophists tried to avoid?

2. Why was the poem about Simonides brought up?

3. Why did Meno say some men got bad things?

4. How did Socrates describe fighting in battles?

5. How often did Protagoras say his students would improve?

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