Consequences Of Ideas : Quiz 3 Of 16 - Chapter 2 "Plato"
Quiz on chapter 2 of R. C. Sproul's book The Consequences of Ideas.
- 1.The ideas and attitudes of pragmatism and skepticism were incarnated by which group in the fifth century? (Type one word for your answer.)
- 2.Which of the following does Georgias not argue? (You may choose more than one)
- A.
All statements are false
- B.
Nothing exists
- C.
If anything exists it is unknowable
- D.
Rhetoric is the only viable means for the development of truth
- E.
If anything is knowable it is incommunicable
- 3.Who is sometimes referred to as the savior of Western Civilization?
- 4.According to Plato we know a chair
- A.
Because of our experiences with physical chairs
- B.
Because we had someone talk to us about chairs and draw out the knowledge through questions
- C.
Because we feel a deep existential need for a chair
- D.
Because we remember a knowledge of "chairness" from our soul's sojourn in the ideal world
- E.
None of the preceding statements accurately approximates Plato's theory
- 5.Which of the following metaphors were used to describe teachers, teaching, or philosophers?
- A.
A fisherman
- B.
A man who has seen the sun outside the cave
- C.
A cobbler
- D.
A leader
- E.
A midwife
- 6.Which of the following is not a statement made or implied about Plato in the chapter.
- A.
Plato tried to develop a theory of being the would reconcile the realities of flux and permanence
- B.
Plato believed that the human soul existed prior to the soul entering a human being or material receptacle.
- C.
Plato's epistemology and Ontology are not connected
- D.
Plato believed the the virtuous life is attained when reason holds the spirit and and the passions of a man in balance.
- E.
Plato saw a similarity between Geometry and Philosophy.
- 7.Which of the following is/are true about Plato's life? (You may select more than one.)
- A.
He was killed for corrupting the youth of Athens.
- B.
His magnum opus is the The Republic.
- C.
He is famous for saying "Man is the measure of all things"
- D.
He grew up in the Golden Age of Greece.
- E.
He founded The Academy that got its name from Socrates' teaching style.
- 8.The allegory of the cave is intended to illustrate what central idea?
- A.
The importance of good lighting
- B.
The concept of a material and an ideal world.
- C.
The epistemological problem with shadows
- D.
People's desire to suppress the truth in unrighteousness
- E.
The absence of any attainable objective reality
- 9.According to Plato in the reading, which of the following describes the philosopher's task?
- A.
He seeks the universal being dissatisfied with a list of particulars.
- B.
He cannot be satisfied with empirical or sensory knowledge.
- C.
He pursues the perfect idea of the good.
- D.
He seeks to discover the very essence of beauty and virtue.
- E.
He engages in a pursuit that rejects the ideas of sophism and relativism.
- 10.What is the name of Plato's mentor?
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