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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 the discussion of rhetoric between Gorgias and Socrates turn into?

2. Who does Socrates believe power is beneficial to?

3. Why does Socrates think areas of art need to be properly defined?

4. When does Socrates regard pain as useful?

5. What does Socrates believe is the greatest evil?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In terms of ethics, why does Socrates consider rhetoric a dangerous tool?

3. Why does Socrates question Gorgias about rhetoric?

4. What are the similarities and differences between learning and acquiring a belief?

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

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

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

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

9. How does the philosophers' conversation of rhetoric incite discussions of broader subjects such as morality?

10. How does Gorgias see rhetoric as a means for great power?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the necessity of distinguishing and classifying various areas of arts, skills, and professions in the positive and negative effects.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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