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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates suggest is the only way one can avoid harmful pleasures?

2. Socrates believes a person is ______ if they fail to perform good in their work.

3. Socrates often refers to a good soul in what kind of a light?

4. According to Callicles, what does limiting freedom limit?

5. Callicles claims that, through history, strength is reflected in what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What effect does Socrates believe order and self-control have on happiness?

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

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

8. Should people avoid injustice or act justly? According to Socrates, which is better? Why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conversational design of the book and what it draws from the characters and complements the subject matter.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Socrates' method of the correction of injustice and its plausibility or implausibility.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the power of knowledge as well as its effect on the individual and on the individual's surroundings.

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