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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Protagoras say being a sophist can be?
(a) Controversial.
(b) Rewarding.
(c) Challenging.
(d) Simple.

2. What do families say sophists take away from them?
(a) Their unity.
(b) Their beliefs.
(c) Their youth.
(d) Their values.

3. What did Socrates say was the opposite of fair?
(a) Justice.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Foul.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

4. In what city did Socrates live?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Thessaly.
(d) Athens.

5. How did Socrates say the rival city to Athens showed their superiority?
(a) By securing their borders.
(b) By starting wars.
(c) By being brief and to the point.
(d) By caring for their own people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did Socrates see with Protagoras's program?

2. What did Socrates warn Hippocrates about when he came to the house late at night?

3. Who was asked about the difference between becoming and being?

4. What frustrated Socrates most when talking to Protagoras?

5. What is the one thing everything has according to Socrates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was trying to be proved when Simonides' poem was brought up?

2. What did Protagoras say statesmen had done to promote virtue?

3. What did Protagoras do to change the tone of the dialogue?

4. What was Protagoras's big talent during the dialogue?

5. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

6. Why did a man slam a door in Socrates' face?

7. What made Socrates angry, and how did he respond to this?

8. What did Protagoras want his pupils to become?

9. Why did Protagoras say it was important to punish evil men?

10. Why was Socrates so hesitant to support Hippocrates in studying with Protagoras?

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