PLATO AND HIS WRITINGS

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1: In which of Plato's books does the Allegory of the Cave appear?

Phaedo
Republic
Symposium
None

2: In the allegory of the cave, what do the prisoners actually watch all day long?

Forms
Puppets
Symbols
Shadows

3: In the allegory of the cave which character or characters has the state of mind Plato calls eikasia?

The guardians
The prisoners
The man who escapes
The narrator

4: Which science underlies Plato's thinking about reality in the world?

Mathematics
Astronomy
Astrology
Logic

5: What name does Plato give to the eternal world of concepts?

The theory of opposites
Opinion
The theory of Forms
The world of sense experiences

6: With which of these statements about the "Form of the Good" would Plato not have agreed?

Our souls have an innate notion of it
The Good illuminates the other forms
The sun in the allegory of the cave may be compared with the Form of the Good
The concept of the Form of the Good has helped the Christian understanding about God

7: With which of these statements about the "soul" would Plato not have agreed?

The soul is pre-existent
The soul could be divided into reason, emotion and desire
The soul is the directing force of the person
The soul is changeable

8: Which of the following thinkers would have agreed with Plato's rationalist views?

Leonard Nimoy
Rene Descartes
David Hume
Aristotle

9: Socrates founded his own school in Athens. What was it called?

Hippodrome
Collesium
Academy
Lyceum

10: Which of the following courses was not taught in Plato's school?

Geography
Astronomy
Mathematics
Biology

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