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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. In Callicles opinion, what does legislation defend?
(a) Weak people.
(b) Lawmakers.
(c) Children.
(d) Superior people.
2. Callicles claims that, through history, strength is reflected in what?
(a) Population.
(b) Money.
(c) Art.
(d) Invasion.
3. Socrates believes that good people feel what?
(a) Neglected.
(b) Righteous.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Confused.
4. Socrates believes that weak people lack conviction and can lose what?
(a) Their family.
(b) Their life.
(c) Everything.
(d) Their money.
5. What does Socrates believe all people experience the same?
(a) Punishment.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Power.
(d) Suffering.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is inferior in Callicles' opinion?
2. In Callciles' opinion, why is philosophy destructive?
3. What, according to Socrates, is the only way for remarks like Callicles' to be credible?
4. What does Callicles claim legislation to be?
5. Why does Socrates try to test Callicles?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Callicles believe is the true function of laws and conventions?
2. According to Socrates, what makes a good soul?
3. Is "justice" one sided? Can there be multiple types of justice? Why or why not?
4. How do Socrates and Callicles' opinions of freedom clash?
5. According to Socrates, what is the result of a young person being raised under an unjust government?
6. Callicles argues that one should not neglect the natural order. What does the natural order offer that convention cannot?
7. What is Socrates' belief about how one acquires excellence?
8. Should people avoid injustice or act justly? According to Socrates, which is better? Why?
9. Why does Socrates give credit to Callicles' claims?
10. What is Socrates' theory about the dangers of mass-influence and how it relates to useful and useless action?
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