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