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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. Who defended Socrates?

2. At whose house was Protagoras staying?

3. What did Socrates say his short memory did not allow him to do?

4. What is the first question Socrates had for Protagoras?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Protagoras want his pupils to become?

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

4. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

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

6. What did Protagoras say about evil men?

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

8. How did Protagoras make money?

9. Why did Socrates say he did not think Protagoras could teach virtue?

10. What did Protagoras do to change the tone of the dialogue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of relationship did Socrates have with Hippocrates, and what effect did this have on his encounter with Socrates?

Essay Topic 2

Protagoras used a very detailed analogy to present his idea on virtue. What was this analogy, what did it mean, and how did the people hearing this analogy respond to it?

Essay Topic 3

What are Protagoras's ideas about persuasion, and how did Socrates respond to these ideas?

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