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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Socrates ask to be corrected and criticized?
(a) So he may improve.
(b) So he does not feel guilty about monopolizing the conversation.
(c) So he can challenge them back.
(d) So he can condescend to them.

2. When does Socrates regard pain as useful?
(a) When it instills fear.
(b) Never.
(c) In punishment.
(d) When it is used to protect.

3. Why does Socrates have a low regard for Sophists?
(a) They have little influence.
(b) They are too afraid of knowledge.
(c) They are not concerned with justice.
(d) They actively harm.

4. How does Socrates suggest happiness and well-being can be assured?
(a) If people are properly fed.
(b) If people become immortal.
(c) If families stick together.
(d) If injustice is prevented.

5. What does Gorgias specify sciences also involve?
(a) Courage.
(b) Religion.
(c) Words.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What challenge is Gorgias being faced with?

2. Socrates believes good can be delimited by what?

3. What is Socrates' opinion of what causes inconsistency in speech?

4. What are men in power with little common sense not able to judge, in Socrates' opinion?

5. Who does Socrates see professions influencing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Socrates question Gorgias about rhetoric?

2. In terms of ethics, why does Socrates consider rhetoric a dangerous tool?

3. How does Gorgias see rhetoric as a means for great power?

4. Why does Socrates like to argue?

5. What are the similarities and differences between learning and acquiring a belief?

6. What is Socrates' differentiation between pleasures and gratifications in different skills?

7. How have we seen rhetoric successfully executed in the conversation in Chapter 1?

8. Why does Socrates see all advantages as beneficial? Why does he see some wrong actions as just?

9. How is Socrates able to gain insight into rhetoric?

10. How does Gorgias see rhetoric as a bridge between art and science?

(see the answer keys)

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