Plato
  • 1. What was Plato's full name?
A) Pericles
B) Aristocles
C) Aristotle
D) Heraclitus
  • 2. In which city was Plato born?
A) Thebes
B) Athens
C) Corinth
D) Sparta
  • 3. Who was Plato's teacher?
A) Herodotus
B) Aristotle
C) Pythagoras
D) Socrates
  • 4. What mathematical concept is named after Plato because of his work in geometry?
A) Fibonacci sequence
B) Pythagorean theorem
C) Platonic solids
D) Calculus
  • 5. Which dialogue by Plato depicts the trial and death of Socrates?
A) Phaedo
B) Symposium
C) Apology
D) Meno
  • 6. Which of the following was NOT a student of Plato at the Academy?
A) Eudoxus
B) Xenophon
C) Speusippus
D) Aristotle
  • 7. Who are the two main interlocutors in Plato's dialogue 'The Republic'?
A) Xenophon and Phaedo
B) Aristotle and Theaetetus
C) Parmenides and Protagoras
D) Socrates and Glaucon
  • 8. Which of Plato's works discusses the concept of love and desire?
A) Sophist
B) Symposium
C) Laws
D) Parmenides
  • 9. In Plato's ideal society, which class of people were to rule as philosopher-kings?
A) Guardians
B) Merchants
C) Warriors
D) Artisans
  • 10. Plato's dialogues were written in the form of ____?
A) Poetry
B) Monologues
C) Essays
D) Conversations
  • 11. Plato's allegory of the cave is a part of which of his works?
A) Critias
B) The Republic
C) Timaeus
D) Phaedrus
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