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

2. Socrates often refers to a good soul in what kind of a light?
(a) Negative.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Sympathetic.

3. Who does Callicles believe can destroy legislation?
(a) Europe.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Lawmakers.
(d) Strong people.

4. What does Socrates say people who are victims of injustice need to acquire?
(a) Money.
(b) Strength.
(c) Ego.
(d) Protection.

5. What does Callicles think satisfaction leads to?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Superiority.
(c) Indulgence.
(d) Envy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Socrates have a problem with cookery?

2. In Chapter VI, with what is Socrates primarily concerned with the health of?

3. Socrates believes that good people feel what?

4. Socrates explains that to escape injustice, one must ______ injustice.

5. What is the benefit Callicles believes will come from those who have been wronged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Callicles believe is the true function of laws and conventions?

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

3. According to Socrates, if one desires nothing, are they happy? Why or why not?

4. Why does Socrates regard medicine as a good action?

5. According to Callicles, where should one's rights originate from?

6. According to Socrates, how can one attain harmony and why is it important?

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

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

9. What is Socrates' theory about the dangers of mass-influence and how it relates to useful and useless action?

10. How does natural justice differ from legislation?

(see the answer keys)

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