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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II (458-469).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gorgias believes that the most important things are health, wealth, and what?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Justice.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Courage.

2. Chapter I states there can be false and true what?
(a) Stories.
(b) Belief.
(c) Arguments.
(d) Knowledge.

3. What description of rhetoric is Gorgias supposed to provide?
(a) Objective.
(b) Exaggerated.
(c) Professional.
(d) Promotional.

4. Why does Socrates hold rhetoricians in low esteem?
(a) He failed as a rhetorician.
(b) He believes that they are evil.
(c) He believes that they are careless.
(d) He believes that their influences is insignificant.

5. Socrates wants to learn the _____ of rhetoric.
(a) Tool.
(b) Art.
(c) Skill.
(d) Myth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are men in power with little common sense not able to judge, in Socrates' opinion?

2. According to Socrates, what do politics preside over?

3. The discussion of rhetoric raises matters of moral, philosophical, and what type of concern?

4. What does the discussion of rhetoric between Gorgias and Socrates turn into?

5. What is the key way in which skills are mastered, in Gorgias' opinion?

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