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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 is Callicles' opinion of lawmakers?

2. In Callciles' opinion, what is the superior art?

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

4. In Callciles' opinion, why is philosophy destructive?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Socrates dislike things like cookery?

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

4. How does natural justice differ from legislation?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Socrates' ideal of governmental justice and the reality of its usefulness if implemented.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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