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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 is the key way in which skills are mastered, in Gorgias' opinion?
(a) Extreme practice.
(b) Observation.
(c) Reading.
(d) Gaining experience.

2. According to Socrates, what is the key ingredient in determining who a person becomes?
(a) How they are raised.
(b) What they know.
(c) What evil they are exposed to.
(d) How much money they have.

3. How does Socrates suggest happiness and well-being can be assured?
(a) If families stick together.
(b) If people are properly fed.
(c) If people become immortal.
(d) If injustice is prevented.

4. What does Socrates suggest is the only way one can avoid harmful pleasures?
(a) By being rational.
(b) By gaining experience.
(c) By fighting injustice.
(d) By being courageous.

5. What does rhetoric engage, in Gorgias' opinion?
(a) All political parties.
(b) All social classes.
(c) All sciences.
(d) All cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gorgias say one should use power?

2. What does Socrates believe all people experience the same?

3. How does rhetoric benefit politicians in Gorgias' musings on politics?

4. Who is superior, in Callciles' opinion?

5. Socrates wants to learn the _____ of rhetoric.

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