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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII (515-527).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter I states there can be false and true what?
(a) Arguments.
(b) Stories.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Belief.

2. Callicles criticizes Socrates because he believes what influences Socrates?
(a) Delusion.
(b) Books.
(c) Convention.
(d) Other philosophers.

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

4. What does Socrates regard as better than being cured of sickness?
(a) A good meal.
(b) Never being sick at all.
(c) Super powers.
(d) Justice.

5. What does Gorgias describe gaining knowledge as involving?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Patience.
(c) Money.
(d) Manual action.

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates believes to learn rhetoric, what must one also learn?

2. Why does Socrates believe Sophists and orators should provide service free of charge?

3. Socrates makes the comparison: medicine is to sickness and justice is to _____.

4. What does Socrates see justice in opposition to?

5. What determines if someone should receive a fee for their services, in Socrates' idea?

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