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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who stole fire?
(a) Athena.
(b) Venus.
(c) Epimetheus.
(d) Prometheus.

3. What poet did Protagoras say was really a dophist?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Pericles.
(c) All of these.
(d) Homer.

4. What did Protagoras say an evil man would always admit to being?
(a) Evil.
(b) Good.
(c) Strange.
(d) Honest.

5. What did Socrates want Protagoras to define in his speech?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Justice.
(d) Statesmen.

6. What kind of education did Hippocrates want?
(a) Literary.
(b) Liberal arts.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Abstract.

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

8. Who changed the method of inquiry in the dialogue between Socrates and Protagoras?
(a) Protagoras.
(b) Simonides.
(c) Prodicus.
(d) Socrates.

9. What is the first question Socrates had for Protagoras?
(a) Where he was going.
(b) What will he teach Hippocrates?
(c) Why he was a sophist.
(d) Where he came from.

10. Why did Socrates say temperance could not be a part of virtue?
(a) It was too controversial.
(b) Some people did not like it.
(c) It was the opposite of wisdom.
(d) There were too many definitions.

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

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

13. What did Hippocrates NOT care about in his education?
(a) Speaking better.
(b) Learning truth.
(c) Getting money.
(d) Impressing others.

14. How did the audience respond to Protagoras's speech about virtue?
(a) They applauded.
(b) They waited for Socrates to counter.
(c) They booed him.
(d) They fell asleep.

15. What was the main idea about being something?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Maintaining traits.
(c) Achieving traits.
(d) Pretending to have traits.

Short Answer Questions

1. As what did Protagoras say he could teach people to be better?

2. What were fables used to teach boys?

3. What did Simonides write?

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

5. On what did Protagoras say was the most important thing to spend money?

(see the answer keys)

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