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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of person did Socrates say could not lead a government?
(a) A child.
(b) A man.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) A woman.

2. To what did Socrates have Meno apply his theory of learning?
(a) Figuring out what virtue was.
(b) Exploring religious theory.
(c) Teaching others basic principles.
(d) Defining personal identity.

3. Why did Socrates say men liked to look at dancers?
(a) So they could express their emotions.
(b) So they could feel motivated.
(c) So they did not have to converse.
(d) So they could be aroused.

4. Whom were the only people claiming to teach virtue at the time of Socrates?
(a) Universities.
(b) Sophists.
(c) The gods.
(d) Religious men.

5. What did Socrates say controlled most men?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Pleasures.
(d) Knowledge.

6. How many parts of virtue did Protagoras say there were?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

7. What attribute did Socrates say men in battle had to have?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Courage.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

8. What did Socrates say shape had?
(a) Longitude.
(b) Visibility.
(c) Generality.
(d) Color.

9. How did Socrates define shape?
(a) That which accompanies something with color.
(b) How one views certain objects.
(c) The outline of objects.
(d) The visual representation of something.

10. What kind of definitions did Meno like best?
(a) Theoretical definitions.
(b) Rhetorical definitions.
(c) Philosophical definitions.
(d) Concrete definitions.

11. What did Socrates say brave men were always ready to do?
(a) Stand up.
(b) Do battle.
(c) Learn wisdom.
(d) Use their bodies.

12. What did Socrates claim was impossible?
(a) To please the gods.
(b) To see the gods.
(c) To be good.
(d) To be evil.

13. What did Socrates say all men should learn to do to gauge the greater good?
(a) How to calm others.
(b) How to use measurement.
(c) How to educate themselves.
(d) How to compare themselves.

14. With whom was Protagoras especially popular?
(a) Young women.
(b) Old men.
(c) Children.
(d) Young men.

15. What was the occupation of the father of the third party in the dialogue between Meno and Socrates?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Sophist.
(c) Senator.
(d) Business man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates say was Prometheus's best trait?

2. Where did the dialogue between Meno and Socrates take place?

3. What did Meno say he became infected with while talking to Socrates?

4. Who joined the dialogue between Socrates and Meno?

5. What did Socrates equate with being good?

(see the answer keys)

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