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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI (503-514).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say a rhetorician must have to persuade a physician?
(a) Courage.
(b) Support.
(c) Good looks.
(d) Knowledge.

2. Socrates regards rhetoric as a skill that elicits what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Grandiosity.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Gratification.

3. Why does Callicles claim philosophy is good for youth in education?
(a) It encourages unity.
(b) It inspires critical thinking.
(c) It keeps them calm.
(d) It inspires noble actions.

4. Socrates believes that a soul in harmony is what?
(a) Lawful.
(b) Critical.
(c) Self-righteous.
(d) Confused.

5. In Socrates' philosophy, in an unjust act, who feels greater evil?
(a) The one who commits injustice.
(b) Society as a whole.
(c) The family of the victim.
(d) The one who suffers injustice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates not intend to do in his arguments?

2. In Callicles opinion, what does legislation defend?

3. What does Callicles believe is the purpose of laws?

4. In Socrates' opinion, what does a sick body not need an abundance of?

5. What does Callicles believe is the true order between men?

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