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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I (447-457).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Gorgias claim is the basis for all arts and sciences?
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Creativity.

4. What does Gorgias claim rhetoric is not intended to do?
(a) Be used.
(b) Impart knowledge.
(c) Achieve advantages.
(d) Influence the masses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gorgias intend to use rhetoric for?

2. What is the benefit of rhetoric in Gorgias' example of medicine?

3. Gorgias believes that the most important things are health, wealth, and what?

4. Gorgias believes that without mastering rhetoric, what is the occurrence of rhetoric left to?

5. What does Gorgias specify sciences also involve?

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