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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 Socrates claim excellence cannot be acquired?
(a) Genetically.
(b) Cheaply.
(c) Accidentally.
(d) Quickly.

2. What is the benefit Callicles believes will come from those who have been wronged?
(a) They will stop asserting their authority over naturally superior people.
(b) They will be at peace.
(c) They become stronger.
(d) They will educate others on how to do right.

3. What does Socrates suggest is the only way one can avoid harmful pleasures?
(a) By gaining experience.
(b) By being courageous.
(c) By fighting injustice.
(d) By being rational.

4. Callicles claims that, through history, strength is reflected in what?
(a) Population.
(b) Money.
(c) Invasion.
(d) Art.

5. What does Socrates say about the only people who can fulfill their desires?
(a) They are rich people.
(b) They are just people.
(c) They are educated.
(d) They are healthy people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates think one with destructive power feels?

2. In Socrates' opinion, what does a sick body not need an abundance of?

3. What does Socrates claims the purpose of prose and poetry?

4. Why does Socrates ask to be corrected in his arguments?

5. What does Socrates believe that wanting and desiring involve feeling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Socrates give credit to Callicles' claims?

2. Is "justice" one sided? Can there be multiple types of justice? Why or why not?

3. Callicles argues that one should not neglect the natural order. What does the natural order offer that convention cannot?

4. Why does Socrates dislike things like cookery?

5. According to Socrates, what does a soul in harmony do?

6. What is Socrates' belief about how one acquires excellence?

7. Why does Socrates classify flattery in public speaking as bad?

8. How do Socrates and Callicles' opinions of freedom clash?

9. How should unjust or out of control souls be treated, in Socrates' opinion?

10. According to Socrates, what makes a good soul?

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