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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III (470-479).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gorgias describes bad rhetoric as delivering a response in what way?
(a) Randomly.
(b) Somberly.
(c) Precisely.
(d) Delightfully.

2. When does Socrates regard pain as useful?
(a) When it is used to protect.
(b) When it instills fear.
(c) Never.
(d) In punishment.

3. What does Socrates see justice in opposition to?
(a) Art.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Compassion.

4. What does Socrates regard as better than being cured of sickness?
(a) A good meal.
(b) Never being sick at all.
(c) Justice.
(d) Super powers.

5. Why does Socrates think areas of art need to be properly defined?
(a) So they do not become confused with others.
(b) So they cannot be manipulated.
(c) So people understand what they are getting into.
(d) So they can be properly monitored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Socrates have a low regard for Sophists?

2. What subjects does Socrates specify rhetoricians have the ability to speak about?

3. In Socrates' philosophy, in an unjust act, who feels greater evil?

4. In Socrates' opinion, who are the happiest people?

5. What are Socrates' criteria in analyzing sciences?

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