Multiple choice questions about Plato

1. Plato Multiple Choice
1) 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.
2) Plato opposed the doctrine of
a. moral absolutism.
b. moral realism.
c. hedonism.
d. deontology.
3) 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. None of the above
4) Plato’s dialogue Charmides searches for the definition of
a. courage.
b. wisdom.
c. justice.
d. temperance.
5) Plato’s dialogue Laches searches for the definition of
a. justice.
b. justice.
c. courage.
d. temperance.
6) Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro searches for the definition of
a. virtue.
b. piety.
c. courage.
d. temperance.
7) Thhe 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.
8) Plato believes in the Republic that of the virtues
a. Justice is the most important.
b. temperance is the most important.

2. c. wisdom is the most important.
d. courage is the most important.
9) 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.
10) 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.
11) 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.
12) 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.
13) According to Plato
a. Knowledge is the Good.
b. Emotion is the Good.
c. Piety is the Good.
d. none of the above.
14) According to Plato the ultimate knowledge upon which moral virtue is based is
a. Piety.
b. Virtue.
c. the Good.
d. Justice.
15) 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.
16) According to Plato what are the parts of the soul?
a. reason, appetite and sensation.

3. b. reason, spirit (passion), and emotions
c. reason, spirit (passion), and appetite (desire).
d. spirit (passion), appetite and sensation.
17) . 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.
18) According to Plato governing the soul by reason
a. constitutes wisdom.
b. constitutes temperance.
c. constitutes courage.
d. constitutes justice.
19) According to Plato rational regulation of desire
a. constitutes wisdom.
b. constitutes temperance.
c. constitutes justice.
d. constitutes courage.
20) . According to Plato the support of reason by the passions constitutes
a. constitutes temperance.
b. constitutes wisdom
c. constitutes justice.
d. constitutes courage.
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