Deck 4: Plato: The Really Real

Question 1

__________ is often considered the father of Western philosophy.

A) Thales
B) Socrates
C) Plato
D) Aristotle

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Plato's philosophical thinking is embodied in a series of __________.

A) dialogues
B) treatises
C) novels
D) poems

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Unlike the Sophists, Plato believes that __________ knowledge is possible.

A) relative
B) objective
C) cultural
D) natural

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Plato rejects skepticism, the view that __________.

A) man is the measure of all things
B) at least some knowledge is possible
C) societal values are worth little or nothing
D) we lack knowledge in some fundamental way

Question 5

According to Plato's analysis, knowledge is __________ true belief.

A) objective
B) necessary
C) justified
D) genuine

Question 6

According to Plato, we acquire knowledge of reality by way of__________.

A) sense perception
B) reasoning
C) scientific experimentation
D) the method of hypothesis

Question 7

According to Plato, sense perception provides us with __________.

A) mere opinion
B) infallible belief
C) merely relative knowledge
D) certain knowledge

Question 8

Plato calls the objectively real, eternal, and abstract entities that serve as models or universals of higher knowledge, __________.

A) Templates
B) Figures
C) Shapes
D) Forms

Question 9

According to Plato, the truly real world is the world of the __________ existing Forms.

A) dependently
B) independently
C) provisionally
D) plausibly

Question 10

For Plato, the greatest Form is the Form of the __________.

A) Greatest
B) Best
C) Good
D) Virtuous

Question 11

Plato argues that the soul is __________.

A) mortal
B) immortal
C) sensible
D) empirical

Question 12

According to Plato's affinity argument, the soul is most akin to __________ things.

A) dissoluble and non-intelligible
B) inconstant
C) uniform and unvarying
D) multiform

Question 13

In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, prisoners believe what they perceive on the cave wall __________.

A) is real
B) is unreal
C) cannot be known
D) is insensible

Question 14

From the time he is freed, until he finally becomes accustomed to being outside the cave, the prisoner experiences __________ and __________.

A) euphoria; perfect knowledge
B) confusion; pain
C) jubilation; uncertainty
D) fear; anger

Question 15

The Allegory of the Cave can be interpreted as illustrating Plato's __________ and __________.

A) aesthetics; views on punishment
B) political views; views on agriculture
C) metaphysics; epistemology
D) views on stories; views on allegories

Question 16

According to Plato, the process of learning is a process of __________.

A) memory
B) calculation
C) recollection
D) intuition

Question 17

According to Plato, there is/are __________ part(s) of the soul.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Question 18

According to Plato, the spirited side of the soul __________.

A) is the intellectual part
B) is the part that is motivated to maximize honor, self-esteem, success, and winning
C) is the part that desires satisfaction of the bodily cravings for things like food and sleep
D) should govern our actions

Question 19

A harmonious soul is a __________ soul.

A) just
B) dominating
C) clear
D) pure

Question 20

Plato rejects the view that the __________ is better off than the __________.

A) moral person; immoral one
B) immoral person; moral one
C) Sophist; politician
D) politician; Sophist

Question 21

According to Plato, a part of the soul's harmony involves the appetitive part __________.

A) motivating a man to act confidently and satisfy basic needs
B) pushing him to achieve success, honor, and recognition
C) ruling wisely over appetite and spirit
D) ensuring a balance among the three parts

Question 22

In the Republic, Plato argues that the only kind of society that can ensure people get their due is a __________.

A) meritocracy
B) democracy
C) theocracy
D) plutocracy

Question 23

A system of rule by those most qualified to govern is known as a(n) __________.

A) plutocracy
B) democracy
C) meritocracy
D) oligarchy

Question 24

According to Plato, a part of the soul's harmony involves the rational part __________.

A) motivating a man to act confidently and satisfy basic needs
B) pushing him to achieve success, honor, and recognition
C) ruling wisely over appetite and spirit
D) ensuring a balance among the three parts

Question 25

According to Plato, a part of the soul's harmony involves the spirited part __________.

A) motivating a man to act confidently and satisfy basic needs
B) pushing him to achieve success, honor, and recognition
C) ruling wisely over appetite and spirit
D) ensuring a balance among the three parts

Question 26

Happiness is possible when __________.

A) the soul experiences internal strife
B) each part of the soul seeks and finds complete satisfaction
C) reason completely suppresses appetite and spirit
D) the balance, stability, and integration of the inner parts of ourselves dispel internal conflict

Question 27

Socrates uses a(n) __________ example to demonstrate the theory of recollection to Meno.

A) geology
B) politics
C) geometry
D) agriculture

Question 28

Plato thinks that __________ should govern.

A) warriors
B) farmers
C) philosopher-kings
D) politicians

Question 29

In the Allegory of the Cave, sunlight represents __________.

A) metaphysical truth
B) physical truth
C) fire
D) things outside the cave

Question 30

As the prisoner makes his way out of the cave, he begins to see that __________.

A) things like statues are dependent on fire for their reality
B) things closer to the outside of the cave are more real than those closer to the back
C) things like statues are dependent on their shadows for reality
D) the things inside the cave must not have any relation to whatever is outside

Question 31

For his republic, Plato envisions an aristocracy of rich, landed, and well born individuals.

Question 32

The appetitive part of the soul, according to Plato, should rule the other parts.

Question 33

A harmonious soul is one in which reason rules the other parts.

Question 34

Plato argues that the soul is composed of four parts.

Question 35

The highest and greatest Form is the Form of the Good.

Question 36

According to Plato, all knowledge is innate.

Question 37

Plato argues that some, but not all, knowledge is derived from sense experience.

Question 38

Plato's Forms are objectively real, eternal, abstract entities that serve as models or universals of higher knowledge.

Question 39

Philosopher kings govern in Plato's republic.

Question 40

Plato conceived of Forms as properties that can be shared by several particular things.

Question 41

Plato's concept of two realities greatly influenced Christian doctrine.

Question 42

Plato established a school called the Agora.

Question 43

The objects of knowledge, according to Plato, are ascertained exclusively through sense experience.

Question 44

In Plato's Republic, Thrasymachus argues that it is better to be just than unjust.

Question 45

Plato identifies those moved by appetites as producers.

Question 46

Plato argues in favor of democracy.

Question 47

Initially, the servant boy in the Meno believes he knows, but does not.

Question 48

The theory of forms was also defended by Plato's most well-known student, Aristotle.

Question 49

Plato argues that the intellect is not worth much without the senses to guide it.

Question 50

Thrasymachus thinks the unjust person will fare better than the just person.