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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. Whose sons did Protagoras say never learned virtue?

2. Why did so many men want to become sophists?

3. What problem did Socrates see with Protagoras's program?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Protagoras make money?

2. What made Socrates angry, and how did he respond to this?

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

4. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

5. Why did a man slam a door in Socrates' face?

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

7. What did Hippocrates hope to learn from Protagoras?

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

9. What did Protagoras say statesmen had done to promote virtue?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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