Plato

Plato says the visible world is a world of our

• senses and opinions.

• opinions and imagination.

• senses and knowledge

Platon says the intelligible world is one that is beyond our

• opinions.

• imagination.

• senses

Greek philosopher who wrote The Republic and founded the Academy.

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

• Sophocles

______________was a student of Socrates.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Alexander the GREat

______________ was another Greek philosopher and student of Plato.

• Aristotle

• Alexander the GREat

• Socrates

What is the primary setting of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave?

• A dark forest

• A vast desert

• A cave

• A crowded city

What do the prisoners in the cave see on the wall in front of them?

• Reflections of their own faces

• Shadows of objects

• Bright lights

• The real world outside

What happens when a prisoner is freed from the cave?

• The prisoner immediately understands the true nature of reality

• The prisoner is initially blinded by the sunlight and gradually sees the outside world

• The prisoner escapes to a different cave

• The prisoner returns to the cave to share their knowledge

According to Plato, what do the shadows in the cave represent?

• The true nature of reality

• The world of ideas and forms

• Illusions and false perceptions

• The physical world of objects

Which of the following works is attributed to Plato?

• The Iliad

• The Republic

• The Aeneid

• The Odyssey