Plato Multiple Choice



Plato Multiple Choice

1. Plato’s Philosophy was a reaction against which two tendencies

a. the widespread tendency to question traditional Greek customs and ways of life.

b. the widespread tendency to embrace traditional Greek customs and ways of life.

c. increasingly relativistic standards.

d. decreasingly relativistic standards.

e. two of the above.

f. none of the above.

2. According to Plato relativism held that

a. there is such a thing as absolute right and wrong.

b. what each individual or society believes may be true only for that individual or society.

c. our emotional reactions to events determine whether they are right or wrong.

d. all of the above.

e. none of the above.

3. Plato opposed the doctrine of

a. moral absolutism.

b. moral realism.

c. hedonism.

d. deontology.

e. all of the above.

4. The Sophist Gorgias

a. offered to teach anyone who paid the appropriate fee to speak convincingly about any subject whatever.

b. refused to teach anyone who paid the appropriate fee to speak convincingly about any subject whatever.

c. tried to educate anyone who came in contact with him.

d. two of the above.

e. none of the above.

5. According to Socrates

a. it is easy to attain truth about difficult subjects, especially ethics.

b. it is sometimes easy sometimes difficult to attain truth about difficult subjects, especially ethics.

c. it is difficult to attain truth about difficult subjects, but not ethics.

d. it is difficult to attain truth about difficult subjects, especially ethics.

e. two of the above.

6. Plato

a. never presents Socrates way of thinking in many of his own dialogues.

b. sometimes presents Socrates way of thinking in many of his own dialogues.

c. presents Aristotle’s way of thinking in many of his own dialogues.

d. sometimes presents his own way of thinking in many of his dialogues.

e. two of the above.

f. none of the above.

7. Plato’s dialogue Charmides searches for the definition of

a. courage.

b. wisdom.

c. justice.

d. temperance.

e. virtue.

f. all of the above.

8. Plato’s dialogue Laches searches for the definition of

a. justice.

b. justice.

c. courage.

d. temperance.

e. virtue.

f. all of the above.

9. Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro searches for the definition of

a. virtue.

b. piety.

c. courage.

d. temperance.

e. all of the above.

10. According to Protagoras

a. the gods are the measure of all things.

b. Woman is the measure of all things.

c. Man is the measure of all things.

d. two of the above.

e. none of the above.

11. According to Socrates

a. there are no beliefs that are objectively true, there are no beliefs that are objectively false.

b. some beliefs are objectively true, some beliefs are objectively false.

c. no beliefs are objectively true, but some beliefs are objectively false.

d. some beliefs are objectively true, but no beliefs are objectively false.

e. two of the above.

12. The Republic, Plato’s best known work

a. explores the concept of virtue.

b. explores the concept of piety.

c. explores the concept of love.

d. explores the concept of justice.

e. two of the above.

13. Plato believes in the Republic that of the virtues

a. Justice is the most important.

b. temperance is the most important.

c. wisdom is the most important.

d. courage is the most important.

e. two of the above.

14. According to Plato, the Forms

a. are not in an individuals consciousness but are in space and time.

b. are not in an individuals consciousness and not in space and time.

c. are in an individuals consciousness and not in space and time.

d. are in an individuals consciousness and in space and time.

e. two of the above.

15. The Sophists answered the question “Why should we be morally virtuous?” by claiming that

a. the weak value justice only because it restrains the strong.

b. the strong value justice only because it restrains the weak.

c. the weak value justice only because it restrains the weak.

d. the strong value justice only because it restrains the strong.

e. two of the above.

16. The Sophists maintained

a. justice is more valuable than injustice.

b. sometimes injustice is more valuable that justice and sometimes it isn’t.

c. injustice is more valuable than justice.

d. sometimes justice is more valuable that injustice and sometimes it isn’t.

e. two of the above.

17. According to Glaucon the Ring of Gyges story is supposed to show that

a. given the same circumstances the just and unjust persons will never act exactly the same.

b. given the same circumstances the just and unjust persons will act exactly the same, justly.

c. given different circumstances the just and unjust persons will act exactly the same, justly.

d. given the same circumstances the just and unjust persons will act exactly the same, unjustly.

e. two of the above.

18. According to Thrasymachus

a. unhappiness comes from being able to act unjustly on a large scale.

b. happiness comes from being able to act justly on a large scale.

c. happiness comes from being able to act unjustly on a large scale.

d. unhappiness comes from being able to act justly on a large scale.

e. all of the above.

19. Underlying many Sophists rejection of the just life is the contention that

a. justice is only sometimes better than injustice.

b. injustice is better than justice.

c. justice is better than injustice.

d. injustice is only sometimes better than justice.

e..

20. According to Socrates

a. pleasure and pain are contradictories.

b. pleasure and pain are not contradictories.

c. good and evil are contradictories.

d. good and evil are not contradictories.

e. two of the above.

21. According to Socrates

a. one may have pleasure and pain at the same time but not good and evil.

b. one may have pleasure and pain at the same time and one may also have good and evil at the same time.

c. one may have good and evil at the same time but not pleasure and pain.

d. one cannot have pleasure and pain at the same time and one cannot have good and evil at the same time.

e. none of the above.

22. According to Plato an individual’s character depends upon

a. the lack of development of the parts of the soul and the dominance of one part over the others.

b. the comparative development of the parts of the soul and the dominance of one part over the others.

c. the comparative development of the parts of the soul and the lack of dominance of one part over the others.

d. the lack of development of the parts of the soul and the lack of dominance of one part over the others.

e. two of the above.

23. According to Plato

a. the state is the individual writ small.

b. the individual is the state writ small.

c. the individual is the state writ large.

d. the state is the individual writ large.

e. all of the above.

24. Socrates and Glaucon agree that

a. the same principles which exist in the state do not also exist in the individual.

b. the same principles which exist in the individual do not also exist in the state.

c. the same principles which exist in the state also exist in the individual.

d. two of the above.

e. none of the above.

25. According to Plato

a. injustice enhances the natural order of the personality.

b. injustice destroys the natural order of the personality.

c. injustice sometimes enhances and sometimes destroys the natural order of the personality.

d. injustice sometimes enhances but never destroys the natural order of the personality.

e. all of the above.

26. According to Socrates

a. the idea of the Good is higher than justice.

b. nothing is higher than justice.

c. Piety is higher than justice.

d. Temperance is higher than justice.

e. none of the above.

27. According to Plato

a. Knowledge is the Good.

b. Pleasure is the Good.

c. Emotion is the Good.

d. Piety is the Good.

e. none of the above.

28. According to Plato the ultimate knowledge upon which moral virtue is based is

a. Piety.

b. Virtue.

c. the Good.

d. Justice.

e. all of the above.

30. According to Plato

a. there are 5 parts to the human soul.

b. there are 4 parts to the human soul.

c. there are 3 parts to the human soul.

d. there is 2 part to the human soul.

e. there is 1 part to the human soul.

31. According to Plato what are the parts of the soul?

a. reason, appetite and sensation.

b. reason, spirit (passion), and emotions

c. reason, spirit (passion), and appetite (desire).

d. spirit (passion), appetite and sensation.

e. none of the above.

32. According to Plato

a. none of the elements of the soul is involved in moral behavior.

b. some of the elements of the soul are involved in moral behavior, some are not.

c. each of the elements of the soul is involved in moral behavior.

d. moral behavior is unrelated to the soul.

e. none of the above.

33. According to Plato governing the soul by reason

a. constitutes wisdom.

b. constitutes temperance.

c. constitutes courage.

d. constitutes justice.

e. all of the above.

34. According to Plato rational regulation of desire

a. constitutes wisdom.

b. constitutes temperance.

c. constitutes justice.

d. constitutes courage.

e. all of the above.

35. According to Plato the support of reason by the passions constitutes

a. constitutes temperance.

b. constitutes wisdom

c. constitutes justice.

d. constitutes courage.

e. all of above.

36. According to Plato the harmony of the parts of the soul

a. constitutes wisdom.

b. constitutes temperance.

c. constitutes justice.

d. constitutes courage.

e. all of the above.

37. According to Plato injustice

a. enhances the natural order of the personality, as the correction of disease enhances bodily health.

b. destroys the natural order of the personality, as disease detracts from bodily health.

c. destroys the natural order of the personality, as disease enhances bodily health.

d. enhances the natural disorder of the personality, as the correction of disease enhances bodily health.

e. none of the above.

38. According to Plato

a. actions that preserve a harmonious state in humans will be deemed bad and those that diminish it will be termed good.

b. actions that destroy a harmonious state in humans will be deemed good and those that diminish it will be termed good.

c. actions that preserve a harmonious state in humans will be deemed good and those that diminish it will be termed bad.

d. actions that destroy a disharmonious state in humans will be deemed bad and those that diminish it will be termed bad.

e. none of the above

39. According to Plato

a. neither Knowledge nor pleasure is the Good itself.

b. Knowledge is the Good itself.

c. Pleasure is the Good itself.

d. Both knowledge and pleasure are the Good itself.

e. none of the above.

40. According to Plato the rulers of the Republic

a. do not necessarily need to know what the Good really is.

b. should know what the Good really is.

c. should never know what the Good really is.

d. two of the above.

e. none of the above.

41. Plato

a. does not give a definition of the Good, but tries to explain it by analogy to its “child”, the sun.

b. does not give a definition of the Good, but tries to explain it by analogy to its “child”, the moon.

c. both gives a definition of the Good, and tries to explain it by analogy to its “child”, the sun.

d. both gives a definition of the Good, and tries to explain it by analogy to its “child”, the moon.

e. all of the above.

42. According to Plato the ultimate knowledge upon which moral virtue is based is

a. Piety.

b. Virtue.

c. the Good.

d. Justice.

e. all of the above.

43. According to Plato the ultimate and supreme Good

a. is too simple an idea to be grasped fully by the human mind.

b. is too exalted an idea to be grasped fully by the human mind.

c. is an exalted idea but it can be grasped fully by the human mind.

d. is a simple an idea that can be grasped fully by the human mind.

e. two of the above.

44. According to Plato the conditions and circumstances of our knowledge of the Good

a. makes use of an analogy between the eye’s vision and the soul’s vision.

b. makes use of an analogy between the soul’s vision and the intellect’s vision.

c. makes use of an analogy between the eye’s vision and the intellect’s vision.

d. makes use of an analogy between the mind’s vision and the intellect’s vision.

e. all of the above.

45. According to Plato Philosophers, properly trained

a. can model their lives after the ideal of perfection that the senses disclose to them.

b. cannot model their lives after the ideal of perfection that reason discloses to them

c. can model their lives after the ideal of perfection that reason discloses to them.

d. can model their lives after the ideal of perfection that emotion discloses to them.

e. two of the above.

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