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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of speeches was Protagoras good at giving?

2. What did Hippocrates tell Socrates when he stopped by the house late at night?

3. What did Protagoras say every man had access to?

4. What did Hippocrates NOT care about in his education?

5. Why did Protagoras say evil men should be punished?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Socrates do when he was questioned by Protagoras?

2. Whom did Simonides criticize in his poem?

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

4. How did Protagoras say his educational plan differed from other sophist's plans?

5. Why was Socrates so hesitant to support Hippocrates in studying with Protagoras?

6. Why did Protagoras say many sons of leaders were not great leaders?

7. Why did the men try to set up a mediator?

8. How did Socrates respond when a door was slammed in his face?

9. What did Protagoras say about evil men?

10. To what did Protagoras compare the attributes of virtue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the people most affected by this theme, and how did they allow education to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Security and safety were two themes that were touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the characters in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Socrates claim the verbal word was more powerful than the written word, and what was Meno's response to this idea?

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