Plato - Exam
  • 1. What was Plato's full name?
A) Pericles
B) Aristocles
C) Heraclitus
D) Aristotle
  • 2. In which city was Plato born?
A) Sparta
B) Thebes
C) Corinth
D) Athens
  • 3. Who was Plato's teacher?
A) Socrates
B) Aristotle
C) Pythagoras
D) Herodotus
  • 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) Phaedo
C) Meno
D) Apology
  • 6. Which of the following was NOT a student of Plato at the Academy?
A) Eudoxus
B) Aristotle
C) Speusippus
D) Xenophon
  • 7. Who are the two main interlocutors in Plato's dialogue 'The Republic'?
A) Aristotle and Theaetetus
B) Socrates and Glaucon
C) Xenophon and Phaedo
D) Parmenides and Protagoras
  • 8. Which of Plato's works discusses the concept of love and desire?
A) Sophist
B) Parmenides
C) Symposium
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) Essays
C) Poetry
D) Conversations
  • 11. Plato's allegory of the cave is a part of which of his works?
A) Phaedrus
B) The Republic
C) Critias
D) Timaeus
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