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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 did Socrates say no man wanted?

2. How many parts of virtue did Protagoras say there were?

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

4. What did Socrates say shaped a person's behavior?

5. What did Meno say he became infected with while talking to Socrates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Meno compare his conversation to Socrates with, and why?

2. What kind of things did Socrates say would bring long-term pleasures?

3. What was ironic about Socrates bringing up a poem from Pindar?

4. How did Socrates define shape?

5. Why did Socrates say he was honored to be speaking with Protagoras?

6. What point did Protagoras try to make about pleasure?

7. What was Meno's main complaint while talking to Socrates?

8. What did Socrates do with Meno to try to discover what virtue was?

9. What did Socrates say men should compare to choose the right thing to do?

10. Why did Socrates compare men to bees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Plato presented his moral and idea in the form of a conversational setting. Why did he choose to do this, and how did this affect his message?

Essay Topic 3

The people in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select two people and write their main motivation throughout the book, discussing how this goal affected the people around them.

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