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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 Socrates say men would have to do to get their greatest pleasure?
(a) Wait and bide their time.
(b) Have some foresight.
(c) Forego certain pleasures.
(d) Endure some pain.

2. What did Socrates say immediate pleasure could cause?
(a) Lasting wealth.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Long term pain.
(d) Relief.

3. What kind of definitions did Meno like best?
(a) Theoretical definitions.
(b) Philosophical definitions.
(c) Concrete definitions.
(d) Rhetorical definitions.

4. Of what did Socrates say virtue would have to be a variety?
(a) Faith.
(b) Personality.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Soul.

5. What did Meno say virtue was after Socrates talked about teaching?
(a) The power to recollect good things.
(b) The power to deny evil influences.
(c) The power to get good things.
(d) The power to divine good from evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Socrates say Meno did not understand acquiring things?

2. Who ended the dialogue between Protagoras and Socrates?

3. What did Protagoras see as courage in men?

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

5. For what kind of party did Socrates say poetry was appropriate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Socrates feel about poetry?

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

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

4. How did Socrates define shape?

5. What did Socrates do with Meno to try to discover what virtue was?

6. Why did Meno not like the idea of virtuous living involving the acquisition of nothing?

7. What was the first thing Meno asked Socrates?

8. What did Anytus say after hearing the news of Protagoras's death?

9. About what did Anytus warn Socrates?

10. What did Socrates say about immediate pleasures?

(see the answer keys)

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