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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III (470-479).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Socrates believe wrongdoers who go unpunished are more wretched than the punished?
(a) Because committing injustice is worse than suffering.
(b) Because they know they will go to Hades.
(c) Because they have lost their humanity.
(d) Because they will be publicly shunned.

2. What subjects does Socrates specify rhetoricians have the ability to speak about?
(a) Politics.
(b) Emotions.
(c) All subjects.
(d) Science.

3. Socrates believes the classification of arts and sciences is what?
(a) Excessive.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Objective.

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

5. What does Socrates believe makes punishment beneficial?
(a) It keeps people afraid.
(b) It improves the soul.
(c) It makes the body stronger.
(d) It makes the powerful more powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates, who are the second happiest people?

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

3. What does Gorgias claim rhetoric is not intended to do?

4. What does Socrates specify produces gratification and pleasure?

5. Why does Socrates think areas of art need to be properly defined?

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