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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Pindar call knowledge?
(a) Memories.
(b) Learning.
(c) Stimulation.
(d) Wisdom.

3. Whom did Socrates teach while speaking with Meno?
(a) A dancer.
(b) A slave boy.
(c) A small child.
(d) A maid.

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

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

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

7. What did Socrates say all good men had?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Flaws.
(c) Scars.
(d) Talents.

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

9. Which of the following did Protagoras say sex caused?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Disease.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Pleasure.

10. What kind of diet did Socrates promote in his statement about pain?
(a) Carnivorous.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) Starvation.

11. How did Meno know Gorgias?
(a) He was his student.
(b) He was his brother.
(c) He was his nephew.
(d) He was his uncle.

12. How could a man not be virtuous when acquiring good things?
(a) Getting them for the wrong reasons.
(b) Getting them in the wrong quantities.
(c) Getting them at the wrong times.
(d) Getting them through bad methods.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gorgias's occupation?

2. Why did Socrates say men liked to look at dancers?

3. Why did Socrates say strength would not be a part of virtue?

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

5. What did Protagoras say kept some men from doing good things?

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