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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 bad thing did Socrates say caused a greater good?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Pain.
(c) Aging.
(d) Punishment.

2. What did Socrates say all good men had?
(a) Talents.
(b) Flaws.
(c) Scars.
(d) Dreams.

3. Where did the dialogue between Meno and Socrates take place?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Rome.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Athens.

4. How did Socrates describe fighting in battles?
(a) Despicable.
(b) Strange.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Honorable.

5. Why did Socrates say men liked to look at dancers?
(a) So they did not have to converse.
(b) So they could be aroused.
(c) So they could feel motivated.
(d) So they could express their emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates' theory of learning give people the courage to do?

2. What did Socrates say men would have to do to get their greatest pleasure?

3. To what did Socrates have Meno apply his theory of learning?

4. What kind of diet did Socrates promote in his statement about pain?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Meno try to define virtue?

2. Why did Socrates say cowards did not fight in battles?

3. What was ironic about Socrates bringing up a poem from Pindar?

4. What was Meno's main complaint while talking to Socrates?

5. What did Socrates say men should compare to choose the right thing to do?

6. How did Socrates use the idea of geometry in his discussion about pleasure?

7. What point did Protagoras try to make about pleasure?

8. What did Protagoras feel ashamed about after Socrates' statements about poetry?

9. Why did Socrates say men liked to be entertained by singers and dancers?

10. What did Socrates say about immediate pleasures?

(see the answer keys)

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