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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates warn Hippocrates about when he came to the house late at night?
(a) Being too eager to learn.
(b) Offending the wrong people.
(c) Losing his family and friends.
(d) Taking on words as truth too easily.

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

3. At whose house was Protagoras staying?
(a) Cafius.
(b) Callus.
(c) Cannus.
(d) Camus.

4. How did Socrates feel about virtue being separated into parts?
(a) He agreed whole-heartedly.
(b) He was confused by it.
(c) He understood it.
(d) He hated the idea.

5. Which of the following did Socrates refuse to believe could be taught?
(a) Faith.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Strength.
(d) Belief.

6. What did Socrates say his short memory did not allow him to do?
(a) Listen to long speeches.
(b) Tolerate foolishness.
(c) Attend school.
(d) Stay up late.

7. What did Protagoras say he was the best for teaching young men?
(a) Mythology.
(b) Politics.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Justice.

8. Who was made to look foolish when the poem by Simonides was brought up?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Simonides.
(c) Protagoras.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

9. Why did Socrates agree to meet with Protagoras?
(a) To get his money's worth.
(b) To learn knowledge.
(c) To have a spirited debate.
(d) To prove a point to Hippocrates.

10. What do families say sophists take away from them?
(a) Their unity.
(b) Their values.
(c) Their youth.
(d) Their beliefs.

11. Whose sons did Protagoras say never learned virtue?
(a) Pericles'.
(b) Socrates'.
(c) Hippolytus's.
(d) Zeus's.

12. What made Protagoras upset when speaking to Socrates?
(a) He made some good points.
(b) He used literature to counter himself.
(c) He was a better speaker.
(d) He spouted anti-sophist beliefs.

13. To what did Socrates compare sophist words?
(a) Rain.
(b) Food.
(c) Poison.
(d) Stars.

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

15. What is a portico?
(a) A Greek wine.
(b) A mythological monster.
(c) A rare mineral.
(d) A large porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates want Protagoras to define in his speech?

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

3. As what was Protagoras known?

4. What did Socrates say was the opposite of fair?

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

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