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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 is the one thing everything has according to Socrates?
(a) A definition.
(b) An opposite.
(c) A use.
(d) A place.

2. Why did Socrates say the rival city to Athens was so great?
(a) Their physical health.
(b) Their wisdom.
(c) Their social system.
(d) Their military force.

3. What made Protagoras upset when speaking to Socrates?
(a) He made some good points.
(b) He spouted anti-sophist beliefs.
(c) He was a better speaker.
(d) He used literature to counter himself.

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

5. What was the main problem with the rival city to Athens?
(a) They used a different money system.
(b) They concealed wisdom.
(c) They withheld crops.
(d) They started wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did so many men want to become sophists?

2. What was Pericles' occupation?

3. What did Prodicus say gave him true praise?

4. Who stole fire?

5. What was the main idea about being something?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

2. What was Socrates' big talent during the dialogue?

3. What did Socrates say he would teach Protagoras in the dialogue and how?

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

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

6. What frustrated Socrates when he was speaking with Protagoras?

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

8. Whom did Simonides criticize in his poem?

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

10. What did Protagoras want his pupils to become?

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