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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V (492-502).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates believe is worse than being poor or sick?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Prison.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Death.

2. What does Socrates believe all people experience the same?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Power.
(d) Emotions.

3. What is Socrates' opinion of what causes inconsistency in speech?
(a) Poor education as a child.
(b) Emotions interfering with judgment.
(c) A lack of understanding on the subject.
(d) Heckling by the audience.

4. What kind of people does Socrates believe rhetoric can influence?
(a) People with no knowledge.
(b) People who care.
(c) People with children.
(d) People who are desperate.

5. What, according to Socrates, is the only way for remarks like Callicles' to be credible?
(a) If the person is knowledgeable.
(b) If the person is fearless.
(c) If the person has good intentions.
(d) If the person has experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Socrates believe wrongdoers who go unpunished are more wretched than the punished?

2. Why does Socrates hold rhetoricians in low esteem?

3. What does Polus believe is the emotional state of unjust people?

4. Socrates classifies "flattery" as something that does not engage what?

5. Socrates believes part of learning about justice is acting how?

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