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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates say caused courage in men?
(a) Experience.
(b) Nature.
(c) Love.
(d) Virtue.

2. What did Socrates teach to a person while talking with Meno?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Reading.
(c) Mythology.
(d) Philosophy.

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

4. What did Protagoras see as courage in men?
(a) The willingness to fight wars.
(b) The ability to speak against others.
(c) The strength to carry on.
(d) The heart to withstand trials.

5. How did Protagoras describe a good life?
(a) Pleasing.
(b) Patient.
(c) Pleasurable.
(d) Particular.

6. What did Protagoras say people were overcome by without knowledge?
(a) Evil.
(b) Pain.
(c) Pleasures.
(d) Risks.

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

8. What did Socrates' theory of learning give people the courage to do?
(a) Have faith.
(b) Get educated.
(c) Teach others.
(d) Let go of their past.

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

10. Which of these did Socrates say shape also had?
(a) Comparison.
(b) Boundary.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Texture.

11. Why did Socrates say Meno did not understand acquiring things?
(a) He was poor.
(b) He was old.
(c) He was young.
(d) He was rich.

12. Why did Meno say the definition of virtue changed?
(a) It melded with the governments.
(b) It had many elements.
(c) It meant different things to different people.
(d) It fulfilled the gods' desires.

13. What part of man did Pindar say was immortal?
(a) The soul.
(b) The memory.
(c) The body.
(d) The mind.

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

15. Who often schemed to conquer Greece in Socrates' time?
(a) The King of Persia.
(b) The Pharaoh.
(c) The Senators of Rome.
(d) The Theban Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the third party in the discussion between Socrates and Meno feel about the people who taught virtue?

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

3. Which of the following did Socrates say gave people an advantage over others?

4. Why did Protagoras not have a true hometown?

5. Who was the goddess of the dead?

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