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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. How does Socrates claim excellence cannot be acquired?

2. Socrates sees Callicles' opinion of living for wanting nothing as equal to being what?

3. What does Socrates believe a soul that lacks control is?

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

5. Why does Socrates believe people with lack of self-control cannot maintain friendships?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does natural justice differ from legislation?

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

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

6. According to Socrates, what is the result of a young person being raised under an unjust government?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Socrates' and Callicles' conflict of justice in relation to human nature.

Essay Topic 3

How is the ideology presented in "Gorgias" something that we see in our society today?

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