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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. What did Socrates say all men should want to be?
(a) Knowledgeable.
(b) Understood.
(c) Good speakers.
(d) Loved.

2. What did Protagoras say being a sophist can be?
(a) Simple.
(b) Challenging.
(c) Rewarding.
(d) Controversial.

3. Why did Protagoras say it never paid to conceal sophist beliefs?
(a) Everyone would find out.
(b) They are natural and correct.
(c) Lies are contrary to the soul.
(d) The idea will stifle and die.

4. What kind of speeches was Protagoras good at giving?
(a) Memorized speeches.
(b) Symbolic speeches.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Rhetorical speeches.

5. Who defended Socrates?
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Callias.
(d) Alcibiades.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Socrates feel about sophists?

3. What is a portico?

4. What did Socrates warn Hippocrates about when he came to the house late at night?

5. Why did Protagoras say many ordinary men were not virtuous?

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