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