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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unacceptable to Socrates in Protagoras's speech?

2. At whose house was Protagoras staying?

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

4. What did Protagoras say all men should share with others?

5. What did Socrates say holiness was not?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Socrates respond when a door was slammed in his face?

2. Why did a man slam a door in Socrates' face?

3. What did Protagoras say statesmen had done to promote virtue?

4. Why did Socrates say he did not think Protagoras could teach virtue?

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

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

7. How did Protagoras say his educational plan differed from other sophist's plans?

8. What was trying to be proved when Simonides' poem was brought up?

9. To what did Protagoras compare the attributes of virtue?

10. What made Socrates angry, and how did he respond to this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the four sources of inspiration, according to Socrates, and what are some key examples of each of these?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of relationship did Socrates have with Hippocrates, and what effect did this have on his encounter with Socrates?

Essay Topic 3

Protagoras used a very detailed analogy to present his idea on virtue. What was this analogy, what did it mean, and how did the people hearing this analogy respond to it?

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