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