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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 he was the best for teaching young men?
(a) Politics.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Justice.
(d) Mathematics.

2. To what did Socrates compare sophist words?
(a) Stars.
(b) Poison.
(c) Rain.
(d) Food.

3. What was the one thing sophists tried to avoid?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Falsity.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Pain.

4. As what was Protagoras known?
(a) A Novice.
(b) A sophist.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A master teacher.

5. As what did Protagoras say he could teach people to be better?
(a) Being soldiers.
(b) Being men.
(c) Being citizens.
(d) Being students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a porter slam a door in Socrates' face?

2. Which of the following was NOT a piece of virtue according to Protagoras?

3. At whose house was Protagoras staying?

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

5. How did the audience respond to Protagoras's speech about virtue?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Protagoras say his educational plan differed from other sophist's plans?

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

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

4. Whom did Simonides criticize in his poem?

5. Why did Socrates say he did not think Protagoras could teach virtue?

6. Why did Hippocrates stop by Socrates' house late at night?

7. What did Protagoras want his pupils to become?

8. To what did Protagoras compare the attributes of virtue?

9. How did Protagoras make money?

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

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