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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 Hippocrates is letting be molded?

2. What did Protagoras say every man had access to?

3. As what was Protagoras known?

4. Why did Protagoras say evil men should be punished?

5. Why did Socrates say the rival city to Athens was so great?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

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

3. To what did Protagoras compare the attributes of virtue?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Protagoras say about evil men?

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

10. What was Protagoras's big talent during the dialogue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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