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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. How does Gorgias say one should use power?
(a) Power should be used ethically.
(b) Power should be used to conquer others.
(c) Power should be evenly distributed.
(d) Power should benefit the beholder.

2. In Socrates' philosophy, in an unjust act, who feels greater evil?
(a) Society as a whole.
(b) The family of the victim.
(c) The one who commits injustice.
(d) The one who suffers injustice.

3. What is the key way in which skills are mastered, in Gorgias' opinion?
(a) Extreme practice.
(b) Reading.
(c) Gaining experience.
(d) Observation.

4. What are men in power with little common sense not able to judge, in Socrates' opinion?
(a) What is best for them.
(b) The common good.
(c) How to punish a criminal.
(d) The best defensive actions.

5. What does Gorgias claim rhetoric is not intended to do?
(a) Be used.
(b) Influence the masses.
(c) Achieve advantages.
(d) Impart knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates see justice in opposition to?

2. In Socrates' opinion, who are the happiest people?

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

4. Why does Socrates regard rhetoric as a dangerous tool?

5. Socrates regards flattery is the main point used on what area?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Socrates' opinion, what is the effect of someone with great power who has little common sense?

2. In Socrates' opinion, why do rhetoricians and Sophists find it difficult to define themselves?

3. Why does Socrates believe only those without knowledge can be persuaded by rhetoric?

4. What role does knowledge and justice play in learning and practicing rhetoric?

5. Why does Socrates favor Gorgias' answers more than Polus'?

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

7. How does the philosophers' conversation of rhetoric incite discussions of broader subjects such as morality?

8. Why does Socrates believe that it is important for a wrongdoer's soul be brought to justice?

9. Why can the art of rhetoric not impart knowledge, according to Gorgias?

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

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