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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, line 78-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Protagoras say sex caused?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Poverty.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Disease.

2. Who was the goddess of the dead?
(a) Venus.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Hestia.
(d) Athena.

3. What is the first question Socrates had for Protagoras?
(a) Why he was a sophist.
(b) What will he teach Hippocrates?
(c) Where he was going.
(d) Where he came from.

4. What did Protagoras NOT want Socrates to do in their dialogue?
(a) Take notes.
(b) Ask questions.
(c) Answer questions.
(d) Give speeches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates say his short memory did not allow him to do?

2. What was Pericles' occupation?

3. What did Protagoras say the animals received at the creation?

4. What did Hippocrates tell Socrates when he stopped by the house late at night?

5. What did Socrates say was Prometheus's best trait?

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