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