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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 Socrates say holiness was not?

2. Who asked the question about the difference between becoming and being?

3. What did Callias not allow Socrates to do?

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

5. What were fables used to teach boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Protagoras think men got their wisdom?

2. What did Protagoras want his pupils to become?

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

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

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

6. How did Protagoras say he would teach boys virtue?

7. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

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

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

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

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

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 was a sophist, and how did Socrates feel about them? How did this general idea of sophists shape the direction of the discussion in this book?

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