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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 Pindar call knowledge?
(a) Learning.
(b) Stimulation.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Memories.

2. What did Socrates often do when he wanted to learn new things?
(a) Read about it.
(b) Tapped into his inner knowledge.
(c) Paid an expert.
(d) Prayed for the wisdom.

3. What did Protagoras say made some men wrongly confident?
(a) Madness.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Love.

4. What kind of person did Socrates say could not lead a government?
(a) A child.
(b) A man.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) A woman.

5. What did Protagoras say people were overcome by without knowledge?
(a) Pleasures.
(b) Pain.
(c) Evil.
(d) Risks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these did Socrates say shape also had?

2. What did Socrates say was Prometheus's best trait?

3. What did Socrates say no man wanted?

4. Whom did Socrates say was good all the time?

5. How did Meno know Gorgias?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the first thing Meno asked Socrates?

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

4. Why did Socrates say he could not teach virtue?

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

6. Why did Socrates compare men to bees?

7. What kind of things did Socrates say would bring long-term pleasures?

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

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

10. What did Meno compare his conversation to Socrates with, and why?

(see the answer keys)

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