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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Protagoras say made some men wrongly confident?
(a) Madness.
(b) Love.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Confusion.

3. How did the third party in the discussion between Socrates and Meno feel about the people who taught virtue?
(a) He was confused by them.
(b) He was afraid of them.
(c) He hated them.
(d) He agreed with them.

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

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

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

7. What trait did Socrates say all brave men had?
(a) Patience.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Temperance.

8. Why did Socrates say strength would not be a part of virtue?
(a) It is not something recalled by memory.
(b) It was universal.
(c) It could be used foolishly.
(d) It was not universal.

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

10. What did Socrates say men would have to do to get their greatest pleasure?
(a) Wait and bide their time.
(b) Endure some pain.
(c) Forego certain pleasures.
(d) Have some foresight.

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

12. What did Protagoras feel ashamed for while talking with Socrates?
(a) Trying to evade him.
(b) Insulting sophists.
(c) Giving long speeches.
(d) Spouting his beliefs.

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

14. Which of the following did Socrates say gave people an advantage over others?
(a) Healthy bodies.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Good looks.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pindar call knowledge?

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

3. What major element did Socrates use in his argument against Protagoras?

4. What did Socrates compare men to when talking to Meno?

5. What did Protagoras say people were overcome by without knowledge?

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