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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, Line 330-337.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what did Socrates compare sophist words?
(a) Rain.
(b) Stars.
(c) Poison.
(d) Food.

2. What were fables used to teach boys?
(a) History.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Reading.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

3. What did Socrates say his short memory did not allow him to do?
(a) Attend school.
(b) Stay up late.
(c) Tolerate foolishness.
(d) Listen to long speeches.

4. Why did Protagoras say many ordinary men were not virtuous?
(a) They were never taught.
(b) They were not naturally born with it.
(c) They were too busy.
(d) They did not see the lessons in their life.

5. Whose sons did Protagoras say never learned virtue?
(a) Hippolytus's.
(b) Socrates'.
(c) Zeus's.
(d) Pericles'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What frustrated Socrates most when talking to Protagoras?

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

3. What do families say sophists take away from them?

4. What did Socrates say was the opposite of wisdom?

5. What did Protagoras say an evil man would always admit to being?

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