View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of speeches was Protagoras good at giving?

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

3. Which of the following was something Protagoras did NOT teach in his course?

4. What made Protagoras upset when speaking to Socrates?

5. What was the main question Socrates asked Hippocrates when he came by the house late at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Protagoras say it was important to punish evil men?

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

7. What did Prodicus say was the difference between being a good man and becoming a good man?

8. How did Protagoras think men got their wisdom?

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

10. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Socrates claim the verbal word was more powerful than the written word, and what was Meno's response to this idea?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Protagoras feel the need to give lengthy and literate speeches, and what does this reveal about his personality?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 594 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample