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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 claim is the greatest evil in Chapter IV?

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

3. According to Callicles, what do people who are happiest without?

4. What does Socrates believe excellence leads to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the relevance of everyone experiencing pleasure and pain differently?

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

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

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

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

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

10. According to Callicles, where is philosophy useful and how can it be detrimental?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the nature of good and bad as discussed by the philosophers in Gorgias.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, take a position on the practice and use of rhetoric.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Socrates' and Callicles' views on the connection between happiness and humanity.

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