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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a portico?
(a) A Greek wine.
(b) A large porch.
(c) A mythological monster.
(d) A rare mineral.
2. What was the main idea about being something?
(a) Pretending to have traits.
(b) Achieving traits.
(c) Maintaining traits.
(d) All of the answers are correct.
3. What did Simonides write?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Stories.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Speeches.
4. What poet did Protagoras say was really a dophist?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) All of these.
(c) Homer.
(d) Pericles.
5. What was the rival city to Athens?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Thessaly.
(d) Rome.
6. What did Hippocrates NOT care about in his education?
(a) Speaking better.
(b) Impressing others.
(c) Getting money.
(d) Learning truth.
7. Which of the following was something Protagoras did NOT teach in his course?
(a) Science.
(b) Politics.
(c) History.
(d) Decorum.
8. What did Protagoras say statesmen made to teach virtue?
(a) Music halls.
(b) Training grounds.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Gymnasiums.
9. What problem did Socrates see with Protagoras's program?
(a) Specific problems need specific skills.
(b) There was no balance in the ideals.
(c) The time line was too long.
(d) It was too vague.
10. What did Simonides say it was hard to do?
(a) Love another person.
(b) Explain one's thoughts.
(c) Become a good man.
(d) Live a fair life.
11. What were fables used to teach boys?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Reading.
(c) Virtue.
(d) History.
12. What was the main question Socrates asked Hippocrates when he came by the house late at night?
(a) What do you want in life?
(b) What will he teach you?
(c) How will you pay for this?
(d) What have you done about this?
13. Which of the following did Socrates refuse to believe could be taught?
(a) Faith.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Belief.
(d) Strength.
14. Why was the poem about Simonides brought up?
(a) To prove Protagoras's point.
(b) To change the subject.
(c) To reveal a social interchange.
(d) To show the depth of education.
15. What was Pericles' occupation?
(a) Priest.
(b) Speaker.
(c) Statesman.
(d) Teacher.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what did Protagoras say men should have a spirit of holiness?
2. Who was made to look foolish when the poem by Simonides was brought up?
3. What did Protagoras say boys should learn while learning to read?
4. What did Protagoras NOT want Socrates to do in their dialogue?
5. To what did Protagoras compare the parts of virtue?
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