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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 do when he got upset with Socrates?
(a) Walked away.
(b) Stopped speaking.
(c) Asked for support from his colleagues.
(d) Gave a long speech.

2. What did Socrates say holiness was not?
(a) Just.
(b) Merciful.
(c) Teachable.
(d) Changeable.

3. What did Protagoras say the animals received at the creation?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Souls.
(c) Claws.
(d) Skills.

4. What did Protagoras say boys should learn while learning to read?
(a) Persistence.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Mythology.
(d) Religion.

5. Why were sophists accused of taking something away from families?
(a) They teach young pupils.
(b) They teach strange ideas.
(c) They are bold and loud.
(d) They teach in far away places.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Protagoras say statesmen made to teach virtue?

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

3. Who changed the method of inquiry in the dialogue between Socrates and Protagoras?

4. What did Protagoras have to do to be allowed to answer questions again?

5. What did Prodicus say gave him true praise?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the men try to set up a mediator?

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

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

4. What did Socrates do when he was questioned by Protagoras?

5. What did Protagoras want his pupils to become?

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

7. Why did Socrates not think Protagoras's educational plan would work?

8. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

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

10. How did Socrates respond when a door was slammed in his face?

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