For Gorgias, focus on the disagreement about the comprehensibility or the expressibility of what is. Write on either Protagoras or Gorgias, but not both. Much of the matters under discussion in Apology and Crito will not be directly relevant to this topic. Identify only the principles directly relevant to the issue of what to do when faced with an unjust order from government authorities. Keep your essays short.
Some topics demand more work than others.
You need to determine what is necessary to satisfactorily address the topic at hand. Try to keep the total length of the exam under 4 pages total. My goal for this exam is to assess your ability to offer clear and complete, yet brief, explanations of variously complex and obscure philosophical positions. Such an exercise greatly stresses your writing skills. Nonetheless, I expect your essays to be well written with proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and all the other accoutrements and components of a finely crafted set of essays.