Gorgias Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gorgias Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Socrates claims the purpose of prose and poetry?

2. In Callciles' opinion, what is the superior art?

3. Socrates explains that good is not necessarily what?

4. According to Callicles, what kingdoms have the right to invade others?

5. In Chapter VI, with what is Socrates primarily concerned with the health of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does natural justice differ from legislation?

2. What is Socrates' theory about the dangers of mass-influence and how it relates to useful and useless action?

3. According to Socrates, what does a soul in harmony do?

4. How do Socrates and Callicles' opinions of freedom clash?

5. According to Socrates, what makes a good soul?

6. Is "justice" one sided? Can there be multiple types of justice? Why or why not?

7. Why does Socrates dislike things like cookery?

8. According to Callicles, where is philosophy useful and how can it be detrimental?

9. In Socrates' opinion, how is flattery bad?

10. How does Socrates suggest the order between men, heaven, and earth be maintained?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one man from "Gorgias" to discuss and defend his position.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the necessity of distinguishing and classifying various areas of arts, skills, and professions in the positive and negative effects.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Socrates' method of the correction of injustice and its plausibility or implausibility.

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