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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comments of Polus' does Socrates discredit?
(a) Those that are not passionate.
(b) Those that are too long.
(c) All of them.
(d) Those that contradict him.

2. Gorgias believes that without mastering rhetoric, what is the occurrence of rhetoric left to?
(a) Chance.
(b) Politicians.
(c) God.
(d) Genetics.

3. How does Gorgias say one should use power?
(a) Power should be used ethically.
(b) Power should be evenly distributed.
(c) Power should benefit the beholder.
(d) Power should be used to conquer others.

4. In Socrates' opinion, who are the happiest people?
(a) Those with no vices.
(b) Those who have lived the longest.
(c) Those with the most power.
(d) Those with the most money.

5. How does Socrates believe the consequences of an ugly action should be measured by?
(a) How wealthy the person is.
(b) The degree of ugliness.
(c) The number of people harmed.
(d) The number of other ugly actions occurring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates believe is worse than being poor or sick?

2. Socrates wants to learn the _____ of rhetoric.

3. According to Socrates, what is the key ingredient in determining who a person becomes?

4. Socrates believes the classification of arts and sciences is what?

5. What does rhetoric engage, in Gorgias' opinion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gorgias see rhetoric as a bridge between art and science?

2. When an unjust act is committed, Socrates asks whether the wrongdoer or the sufferer is more wretched. Why?

3. In Socrates' opinion, what is the effect of someone with great power who has little common sense?

4. Why does Socrates favor Gorgias' answers more than Polus'?

5. How does Polus embody the negative sides of freedom as Socrates has discussed?

6. How is it that one can suffer justly or unjustly? What makes the difference in Socrates' opinion?

7. How can pain or pleasure be useful, in Socrates' opinion?

8. How does Gorgias see rhetoric aiding to the common good of humans?

9. How have we seen rhetoric successfully executed in the conversation in Chapter 1?

10. Is Polus' claim that even unjust people like Archelaus are happy correct or incorrect? Why?

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