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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 did Protagoras say boys should learn while learning to read?

2. Who did Protagoras say made it possible for every man to have access to something?

3. What did Protagoras say an evil man would always admit to being?

4. What did Simonides say it was hard to do?

5. What was confusing about Protagoras's speech about virtue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Protagoras say about evil men?

2. What did Hippocrates hope to learn from Protagoras?

3. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

4. How did Protagoras think men got their wisdom?

5. What made Protagoras angry, and how did he respond to this?

6. What frustrated Socrates when he was speaking with Protagoras?

7. Why did Hippocrates stop by Socrates' house late at night?

8. Why did Protagoras say it was important to punish evil men?

9. What did Protagoras want his pupils to become?

10. Whom did Simonides criticize in his poem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why did Protagoras feel the need to give lengthy and literate speeches, and what does this reveal about his personality?

Essay Topic 3

What was the poem by Simonides about, and how did this direct the dialogue between Protagoras and Socrates?

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