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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 does Socrates often call good things?
(a) Seductive.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Bad.
(d) Beautiful.

2. According to Socrates, who are the second happiest people?
(a) Those who get married.
(b) Those who deliver others from evil.
(c) Those who are healthy.
(d) Those who only briefly suffer.

3. What does the discussion of rhetoric between Gorgias and Socrates turn into?
(a) Nostalgic exchange.
(b) Argument.
(c) Sentimental rant.
(d) Comedic exchange.

4. Socrates explains that good is not necessarily what?
(a) Beneficial.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Recognized.
(d) Selfish.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Callicles' opinion of lawmakers?

2. Socrates regards rhetoric as a skill that elicits what?

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

4. Socrates often refers to a good soul in what kind of a light?

5. What does Socrates believe he can avoid in being corrected?

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