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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what did Protagoras charge fees?
(a) Counseling.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Teaching.

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

3. How did Socrates describe fighting in battles?
(a) Honorable.
(b) Despicable.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Strange.

4. What did Socrates say shaped a person's behavior?
(a) Friends.
(b) Spirit.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Experiences.

5. How did Meno say Socrates' talk made other men feel?
(a) Judgmental.
(b) Perplexed.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Peaceful.

6. Who joined the dialogue between Socrates and Meno?
(a) Plato.
(b) Anytus.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Protagoras.

7. What mathematical device did Socrates use when talking about pain measurement?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Calculus.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

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

9. What did Pindar write?
(a) History.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Theology.
(d) Poetry.

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

11. Which of these was NOT one of the good things Socrates said men should want?
(a) Gold.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Money.
(d) Public office.

12. What major element did Socrates use in his argument against Protagoras?
(a) Irony.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Personification.

13. Of what did Socrates say virtue would have to be a variety?
(a) Personality.
(b) Faith.
(c) Soul.
(d) Knowledge.

14. Who was the goddess of the dead?
(a) Hestia.
(b) Athena.
(c) Venus.
(d) Persephone.

15. How did Meno define virtue?
(a) The desire to do good things.
(b) Having knowledge and using it.
(c) Having the five qualities of virtue.
(d) Being better than one was the day before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates say no man wanted?

2. What did Socrates equate with being good?

3. What did Socrates think men could actually learn from sophists?

4. How did Protagoras describe a good life?

5. What bad thing did Socrates say caused a greater good?

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