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