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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a piece of virtue according to Protagoras?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Justice.

2. Why did they try to set up a mediator?
(a) To control Socrates.
(b) To control Protagoras.
(c) To monitor the audience.
(d) To monitor the questions.

3. What was unacceptable to Socrates in Protagoras's speech?
(a) The contradiction.
(b) The limited scope.
(c) The generalities.
(d) The bad sources.

4. What did Simonides say it was hard to do?
(a) Live a fair life.
(b) Love another person.
(c) Become a good man.
(d) Explain one's thoughts.

5. Which of the following was something Protagoras did NOT teach in his course?
(a) Decorum.
(b) Science.
(c) Politics.
(d) History.

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

7. What did Hippocrates tell Socrates when he stopped by the house late at night?
(a) Plato was looking for him.
(b) He needed a new change.
(c) Protagoras was coming.
(d) The police were looking for him.

8. Why did so many men want to become sophists?
(a) They wanted to be more persuasive.
(b) They wanted to be good speakers.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) They wanted to become politicians.

9. What did Protagoras say being a sophist can be?
(a) Controversial.
(b) Simple.
(c) Challenging.
(d) Rewarding.

10. Why did Protagoras say evil men should be punished?
(a) To promote virtue.
(b) To show authority.
(c) To protect others.
(d) To please the gods.

11. Whom did Simonides criticize?
(a) Philomel.
(b) Phillipi.
(c) Protagoras.
(d) Pittacus.

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

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

14. Who defended Socrates?
(a) Alcibiades.
(b) Hippocrates.
(c) Callias.
(d) Pericles.

15. How did Socrates say the rival city to Athens showed their superiority?
(a) By being brief and to the point.
(b) By securing their borders.
(c) By starting wars.
(d) By caring for their own people.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose house was Protagoras staying?

2. What was the main problem with the rival city to Athens?

3. Why did a porter slam a door in Socrates' face?

4. What did Protagoras say the animals received at the creation?

5. Who said Simonides thought noble men were bad?

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