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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. Socrates sees Callicles' opinion of living for wanting nothing as equal to being what?

2. Socrates describes a speaker with the common good in mind as not speaking _____.

3. Socrates explains that to escape injustice, one must ______ injustice.

4. Socrates believes that weak people lack conviction and can lose what?

5. What does Socrates say people who are victims of injustice need to acquire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Socrates and Callicles' opinions of freedom clash?

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

3. Is "justice" one sided? Can there be multiple types of justice? Why or why not?

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

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

6. Why does Socrates dislike things like cookery?

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

8. Why does Socrates give credit to Callicles' claims?

9. Why does Socrates classify flattery in public speaking as bad?

10. What is Socrates' belief about how one acquires excellence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the power of knowledge as well as its effect on the individual and on the individual's surroundings.

Essay Topic 2

Develop your own argument for or against natural order or convention.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Gorgias' fixation on the prevalence of language in all things.

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