SparkNotes: Gorgias: Quiz

Which of the following names does NOT represent a character in Gorgias?

(A) Polus

(B) Callicles

(C) Aristotle

(D) Chaerephon

Where does the dialogue take place?

(A) Mycenae

(B) Crete

(C) Troy

(D) Athens

All except which of these topics are discussed within the text?

(A) rhetoric

(B) suicide

(C) cookery

(D) justice

According to Socrates, which of the following is rhetoric NOT aimed at?

(A) instruction

(B) persuasion

(C) pleasure

(D) belief

Whom does Socrates believe to be the most convincing speaker in front of a crowd on the subject of medicine?

(A) Plato

(B) a gourmet chef

(C) a doctor

(D) a rhetorician (an orator)

Socrates proclaims the opinions of the mob to be most often—

(A) accurate

(B) ignorant

(C) democratic

(D) violent

Which of the following is NOT a pair of opposites defined in Gorgias?

(A) right/wrong

(B) just/unjust

(C) temperate/intemperate

(D) peaceful/violent

Which of the following does Socrates consider an art?

(A) business

(B) rhetoric

(C) politics

(D) gymnastics (fitness)

Which practice does Socrates argue is a routine/false art?

(A) drama

(B) beautification

(C) schooling

(D) legislation

Whom does Socrates argue to be most powerful among the following?

(A) politicians/rulers

(B) the wealthy

(C) teachers

(D) the temperate

Which of the following does Socrates declare to be worst?

(A) to suffer wrong

(B) to do wrong without punishment

(C) to do wrong with punishment

(D) to benefit from wrongdoing

Socrates believes punishment to be—

(A) unjust

(B) a necessary evil

(C) excessively harsh

(D) capable of righting a wrong

One evil of the body is—

(A) ugliness

(B) fatigue

(C) hunger

(D) fear

Which of the below is NOT an evil of the soul?

(A) ignorance

(B) injustice

(C) cowardice

(D) sloth

According to Socrates, which of the following is the most noble human aspect?

(A) body

(B) mind

(C) soul

(D) love

What is Socrates's ultimate pursuit?

(A) beauty

(B) virtue

(C) justice

(D) health

Callicles feels it is disgraceful for a grown man to—

(A) defy his government

(B) engage in sexual intercourse

(C) owe money

(D) practice philosophy

Which of the following does Socrates define as the fundamental meaning of justice?

(A) power

(B) equal shares for all

(C) rule by a democratic authority

(D) punishment

According to Socrates, who is the most happy?

(A) those with power

(B) those with wealth

(C) those who satisfy their desires

(D) those who need nothing

The part of the soul in which desires reside is most like—

(A) a roaring fire

(B) a bottomless pit

(C) a leaky jar

(D) a dying light

Socrates maintains that pleasure and the good are—

(A) desirable

(B) identical

(C) elusive

(D) different

According to Socrates, all our actions should be for the sake of the—

(A) weak

(B) poor

(C) good

(D) strong

Order and discipline of the body are to health and strength as order and regularity of the soul are to—

(A) justice and peace

(B) virtue and power

(C) justice and temperance

(D) peace and virtue

To conclude, Socrates relates a mythology of—

(A) the world's creation

(B) birth

(C) the creation of humans

(D) death