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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. According to Callicles, where does happiness come from?
(a) A complete family.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Material goods.
(d) A good job.

2. What does Socrates believe excellence leads to?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Ego.
(c) Fraudulence.
(d) Demise.

3. Why does Socrates believe people with lack of self-control cannot maintain friendships?
(a) Because they are flakey.
(b) Because they betray people.
(c) Because they scare people.
(d) Because they cannot share.

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

5. In Callicles opinion, what does legislation defend?
(a) Superior people.
(b) Lawmakers.
(c) Children.
(d) Weak people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates say people who are victims of injustice need to acquire?

2. Callicles uses Hercules as an example of how convention justifies what?

3. What is Socrates' opinion of the purpose of cookery?

4. What does Socrates believe about a body that is in harmony?

5. What is the only action a soul that lacks control should be allowed, in Socrates' design?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Socrates' opinion, how is flattery bad?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Socrates suggest the order between men, heaven, and earth be maintained?

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

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

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