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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hippocrates NOT care about in his education?
(a) Getting money.
(b) Impressing others.
(c) Speaking better.
(d) Learning truth.

2. What did Socrates say Hippocrates is letting be molded?
(a) His body.
(b) His mind.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) His soul.

3. What was the rival city to Athens?
(a) Thessaly.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Rome.

4. What made Protagoras upset when speaking to Socrates?
(a) He made some good points.
(b) He was a better speaker.
(c) He used literature to counter himself.
(d) He spouted anti-sophist beliefs.

5. What do families say sophists take away from them?
(a) Their youth.
(b) Their beliefs.
(c) Their values.
(d) Their unity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following was NOT a piece of virtue according to Protagoras?

3. Why did Protagoras say it never paid to conceal sophist beliefs?

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

5. How did Socrates feel about virtue being separated into parts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hippocrates stop by Socrates' house late at night?

2. What did Protagoras do to change the tone of the dialogue?

3. What frustrated Socrates when he was speaking with Protagoras?

4. How did Protagoras say he would teach boys virtue?

5. How did Protagoras think men got their wisdom?

6. Why did Socrates not think Protagoras's educational plan would work?

7. Why was Socrates so hesitant to support Hippocrates in studying with Protagoras?

8. Why did Protagoras say it was important to punish evil men?

9. How did Protagoras say men learned virtue?

10. Whom did Simonides criticize in his poem?

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