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