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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates say was the opposite of fair?
(a) Foul.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Justice.

2. Who said Simonides thought noble men were bad?
(a) Prodicus.
(b) Hippocrates.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Protagoras.

3. What is a portico?
(a) A mythological monster.
(b) A Greek wine.
(c) A large porch.
(d) A rare mineral.

4. What did Socrates say was not a teachable craft?
(a) Equity.
(b) Politics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Mathematics.

5. What did Protagoras have to do to be allowed to answer questions again?
(a) Control his temper.
(b) Take a break.
(c) Ask some questions.
(d) Answer to the mediator.

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

7. Why was the poem about Simonides brought up?
(a) To show the depth of education.
(b) To change the subject.
(c) To reveal a social interchange.
(d) To prove Protagoras's point.

8. As what was Protagoras known?
(a) A master teacher.
(b) A Novice.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A sophist.

9. Who focused the debate on semantics?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Prodicus.
(c) Protagoras.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

10. What was Pericles' occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Speaker.
(c) Statesman.
(d) Priest.

11. What problem did Socrates see with Protagoras's program?
(a) There was no balance in the ideals.
(b) Specific problems need specific skills.
(c) The time line was too long.
(d) It was too vague.

12. What did Simonides say it was hard to do?
(a) Live a fair life.
(b) Become a good man.
(c) Love another person.
(d) Explain one's thoughts.

13. What did Socrates want Protagoras to define in his speech?
(a) Justice.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Statesmen.

14. What did Protagoras say all men should share with others?
(a) Their opinions.
(b) Their ideas.
(c) Their knowledge.
(d) Their faith.

15. Why did so many men want to become sophists?
(a) They wanted to be more persuasive.
(b) They wanted to be good speakers.
(c) They wanted to become politicians.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did Socrates live?

2. What were fables used to teach boys?

3. How often did Protagoras say his students would improve?

4. Why did Socrates say temperance could not be a part of virtue?

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

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