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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Meno say he became infected with while talking to Socrates?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Diatribe.
(d) Theology.

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

3. What did Socrates say was Prometheus's best trait?
(a) Forethought.
(b) Boldness.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Intelligence.

4. What part of knowledge did Socrates say was hard to identify?
(a) The source.
(b) The cause.
(c) The effects.
(d) The role.

5. What did Socrates say virtue meant to leaders?
(a) Having an objective mind.
(b) Dealing with justice.
(c) Teaching followers.
(d) Having mercy.

6. Where did the dialogue between Meno and Socrates take place?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Athens.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Rome.

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

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

9. Why did Socrates say he could not teach virtue?
(a) He was too busy.
(b) He could not define it.
(c) He did not possess it.
(d) He had never tried.

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

11. What kind of entertainment did Socrates say poetry was?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Middle class.
(d) Second rate.

12. What was Gorgias's occupation?
(a) Senator.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Speaker.
(d) Builder.

13. What did Socrates say no man wanted?
(a) Obligations.
(b) Evil things.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Pain.

14. Who ended the dialogue between Protagoras and Socrates?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Meno.
(c) Protagoras.
(d) Plato.

15. Whom did Socrates say was good all the time?
(a) The gods.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did Socrates have Meno apply his theory of learning?

2. Which of the following did Protagoras say sex caused?

3. Why did Meno say the definition of virtue changed?

4. What did Pindar write?

5. What did Protagoras feel ashamed for while talking with Socrates?

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