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