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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 was the occupation of the father of the third party in the dialogue between Meno and Socrates?

2. How did Meno know Gorgias?

3. Whom did Socrates teach while speaking with Meno?

4. What mathematical device did Socrates use when talking about pain measurement?

5. How did Socrates describe fighting in battles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Meno try to define virtue?

2. Why did Socrates say he could not teach virtue?

3. What kind of things did Socrates say would bring long-term pleasures?

4. How did Socrates use the idea of geometry in his discussion about pleasure?

5. How did Socrates feel about poetry?

6. Why did Meno not like the idea of virtuous living involving the acquisition of nothing?

7. How did Socrates define fear?

8. Why did Socrates compare men to bees?

9. What was the first thing Meno asked Socrates?

10. What was ironic about Socrates bringing up a poem from Pindar?

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 the definition given to bravery in this book, and how did this relate to the discussion on virtue?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the mythological stories related in these dialogues, and what did they add to the discussions?

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