WorksheetsRepublic 7
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The allegory of the cave illustrates ___.
justice
spiritedness/θυμὀς
the laws about women
the mental powers of the Divided Line
When the caveman is chained, seeing only shadows on the wall before him, he illustrates ___ on the Divided Line.
intellect
thought
trust of the senses
imagination
When the caveman is unchained and sees the objects that made the shadows on the wall before the other cave people, he illustrates ___ on the Divided Line.
intellect
thought
trust of the senses
imagination
When the caveman exits the cave and sees trees, animals, etc., he illustrates ___ on the Divided Line.
intellect
thought
trust of the senses
imagination
When the caveman, now outside the cave, looks up and sees the sun itself, he illustrates ___ on the Divided Line.
intellect
thought
trust of the senses
imagination
After his journey from the shadows to seeing the sun, the caveman must ___.
find other caves to visit
never enter another cave
bring the other cave people out of the cave
return to the cave.
What sort of study can help "lead souls up to the light?"
mathematics
geometry
astronomy
harmony
all options are true
Mathematics, geometry, etc. should be studied ___.
from childhood on
only once physical education has been completed
after the age of fifty
when a student is around twenty to twenty-five
Dialectic is studied only after age 50 because it ___.
teaches people to question what they believe
could destabilize a society if practiced incorrectly
requires much life experience if it is to be beneficial
all options are correct
In the allegory of the cave, the sun - for the second time in the Republic - represents ___.
justice
spiritedness/θυμὀς
desire
the good/τὸ καλὀν
