Tell-Tale Heart Section 2 Quiz "Allegory of the Cave"

What is the central (main) idea of the "Allegory of the Cave"?

• Men who allow their experience to be shaped by perceptions and do not know better.

• Most men live chained to a wall of a cave all their lives.

• An enlightened person is like a prisoner freed and understands reality by his experience.

• A philosopher must return to share the news of enlightenment.

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What statement best summarizes Part 2 (freed prisoner) of the "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato?

• One prisoner is unchained and slowly pushed towards the mouth of the cave...he resists leaving and staring into the light.

• The prisoner leaves the cave and realizes that the world is not as he has believed. He returns to share with the others.

• Prisoners are chained in a cave, shackled by their necks, unable to see anything but shadows projected on the walls of the cave.

• One prisoner is chained and forced to stare into the light...his eyes adjust...he realizes the shadows were not real.

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SOCRATES: Now imagine that the prisoner who has gotten out of the cave goes back down there and sits in the same place he occupied before. By coming so suddenly out of the bright sunlight [into the dark cave] he'll find he can't see very well.

What is the meaning of occupied as it is used in the excerpt?

• distracted

• inhabited

• conquered

• captured

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SOCRATES: Imagine that he thinks about where he used to live, remembering what counts for "knowledge" down there and recalling the people with whom he once was chained. He will consider himself lucky thanks to the transformation that has taken place, and by contrast he will feel sorry for those others, don't you think?

What does this excerpt reveal about Plato's attitude towards perception and reality?

• It is sometimes worth the struggle to understand true perception...but one might gain no advantage from understanding...

• It is far better to have experienced reality...having sharpened one's own perceptions to develop truth.

• It causes guilt and pity for those who were left behind...better to be ignorant.

• It is neither better nor worse to experience reality...

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Who do the prisoners in the "Allegory of the Cave" represent?

• Philosophers and those who see the world as an illusion.

• People who want to break free to experience truth and reality but are bound by their own chains.

• Philosophers who help other seekers to understand ideas of truth, perception, and reality.

• Ordinary people living in the world not realizing that what they see as real is an illusion.

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What quote best supports "an enlightened person is like a freed prisoner"?

• "...If this person who had gotten out of the cave were to go back down again and sit in the same place as before..."

• "...the prisoners have never been able to see anything except the shadows that are projected on the wall..."

• "Imagine some people are living underground in a cave...."

• "And having done all that, by this time he would also be able to gather the following about the sun..."

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