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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Protagoras say being a sophist can be?
(a) Controversial.
(b) Rewarding.
(c) Challenging.
(d) Simple.
2. Who wanted to study with Protagoras?
(a) Plato.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Hippocrates.
3. Who stole fire?
(a) Venus.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Epimetheus.
4. What did Prodicus say gave him true praise?
(a) Agreeing in debates.
(b) Seeing students become wise.
(c) Hearing their party win.
(d) Listening to intelligent discussions.
5. Which of the following was something Protagoras did NOT teach in his course?
(a) Science.
(b) Politics.
(c) Decorum.
(d) History.
6. What was confusing about Protagoras's speech about virtue?
(a) It had too many unrelated elements.
(b) He cited strange sources.
(c) The words were too obscure.
(d) It was contradictory.
7. What did Protagoras say boys should learn while learning to read?
(a) Persistence.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Religion.
(d) Mythology.
8. What did Protagoras say men received at the creation?
(a) Skills.
(b) Claws.
(c) Souls.
(d) Nothing.
9. What did Socrates want Protagoras to define in his speech?
(a) Statesmen.
(b) Justice.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Virtue.
10. What did Protagoras NOT want Socrates to do in their dialogue?
(a) Ask questions.
(b) Answer questions.
(c) Take notes.
(d) Give speeches.
11. What is the one thing everything has according to Socrates?
(a) A place.
(b) A use.
(c) An opposite.
(d) A definition.
12. What did Simonides say it was hard to do?
(a) Become a good man.
(b) Explain one's thoughts.
(c) Love another person.
(d) Live a fair life.
13. As what was Protagoras known?
(a) A master teacher.
(b) A sophist.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A Novice.
14. What frustrated Socrates most when talking to Protagoras?
(a) He did not listen to opposition.
(b) He stood while speaking.
(c) He broke everything into pieces.
(d) He gave long speeches.
15. As what did Protagoras say he could teach people to be better?
(a) Being men.
(b) Being citizens.
(c) Being students.
(d) Being soldiers.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who changed the method of inquiry in the dialogue between Socrates and Protagoras?
2. Who did Protagoras say made it possible for every man to have access to something?
3. Why did Socrates agree to meet with Protagoras?
4. What poet did Protagoras say was really a dophist?
5. Whom did Simonides criticize?
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