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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. Socrates believes a person is ______ if they fail to perform good in their work.
(a) Afraid.
(b) Fired.
(c) Wretched.
(d) Indifferent.

2. What does Socrates believe rhetoricians and Sophists are confused with?
(a) Their objective.
(b) Society.
(c) Justice.
(d) Their art.

3. Socrates believes to learn rhetoric, what must one also learn?
(a) Art.
(b) Vocabulary.
(c) Justice.
(d) Medicine.

4. According to Callicles, what do people who are happiest without?
(a) Want and desire.
(b) Inhibition.
(c) Money and material.
(d) Obstruction of laws.

5. What is Polus meant to be an example of?
(a) The effects of a corrupt government.
(b) How to argue with Socrates.
(c) The ignorance of youth.
(d) The negative effects of freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does rhetoric benefit politicians in Gorgias' musings on politics?

2. What does Socrates believe is worse than being poor or sick?

3. What does Socrates say about the only people who can fulfill their desires?

4. What does Socrates warn that people who are governed unjustly become?

5. What does Socrates regard as the most damaging to one's soul?

(see the answer key)

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