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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 were fables used to teach boys?

2. What did Protagoras do when he got upset with Socrates?

3. On what did Protagoras say was the most important thing to spend money?

4. Whose sons did Protagoras say never learned virtue?

5. How did Socrates feel about virtue being separated into parts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Protagoras think men got their wisdom?

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

4. What did Hippocrates hope to learn from Protagoras?

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

6. Why did Socrates not think Protagoras's educational plan would work?

7. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

8. How did Protagoras make money?

9. What did Socrates say he would teach Protagoras in the dialogue and how?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the definition given to bravery in this book, and how did this relate to the discussion on virtue?

Essay Topic 2

The people in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select two people and write their main motivation throughout the book, discussing how this goal affected the people around them.

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the mythological stories related in these dialogues, and what did they add to the discussions?

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