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WorksheetsPlato
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
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1.
Plato was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Plato founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Plato is not considered the founder of Western political philosophy.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Plato was also deeply influenced by the Pythagoreans.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Plato was the prize student of the great Socrates, one of the most renowned philosophers not only of his era but of all time.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Believed that the world is a shadow of the true reality.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
For Plato the real is the world of Ideas, which contains the Ideal Forms of everything.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
what was his other fundamental view
a)
True knowledge comes when we open our ears
b)
True knowledge comes through watching
c)
The use of senses is the only way to true knowledge
d)
The use of reason is the only way to true knowledge
9.
What was the name of his famous analogy
a)
analogy of the cave
b)
analogy of the cavern
10.
what did the chains represent
a)
their hopes
b)
their reason
c)
their senses
d)
their visions
11.
who is the escaped prisoner
a)
a leader
b)
a civilian
c)
a philosopher
d)
a blind person
12.
what are the shadows
a)
a vision of wisdom
b)
a shadow
c)
a true understanding of the truth
d)
a weak understanding of the truth
13.
what is the overall meaning of the cave
a)
enlightenment comes through reason not senses
b)
enlightenment comes with senses
c)
saying in the cave is true life
d)
escaping the cave is for all people
14.
where is the world of the forms in the analogy
a)
in the shadows
b)
outside the cave
c)
by the fire
d)
on the bridge
15.
what is a form
a)
the true and perfect form of a concept
b)
the illusion of all things
c)
happiness is the only way
d)
the shape of something
16.
what is the most important form
a)
justice
b)
love
c)
goodness
d)
charity
17.
What was Plato's fundamental belief
a)
Senses can be trusted
b)
Reason can't be trusted
c)
Senses can't be trusted
d)
Use your eyes
18.
what are the prisoners
a)
those that don't use their reason
b)
those that use their reason
c)
those with no education
d)
those who are philosophers
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