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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. How did Protagoras describe a good life?
(a) Pleasing.
(b) Pleasurable.
(c) Patient.
(d) Particular.

2. Who joined the dialogue between Socrates and Meno?
(a) Anytus.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Protagoras.
(d) Plato.

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

4. What did Socrates equate with being good?
(a) Living.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Perfection.
(d) Breathing.

5. Which of these did Socrates say shape also had?
(a) Comparison.
(b) Texture.
(c) Boundary.
(d) Objectivity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Meno say the definition of virtue changed?

2. What was the occupation of the father of the third party in the dialogue between Meno and Socrates?

3. How did Meno know Gorgias?

4. How did Socrates describe fighting in battles?

5. What did Protagoras say kept some men from doing good things?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first thing Meno asked Socrates?

2. What did Socrates say about immediate pleasures?

3. What did Socrates think made one courageous?

4. What did Anytus say about people who went to sophists for learning?

5. Why did Socrates compare men to bees?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Socrates define shape?

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