Quiz 2

Plato, Myth of the Cave

1. The analogy of the Cave is best viewed as:
a. an account of the liberation of mankind from ignorance to knowledge.
b. an explanation of the nature of the Forms.
c. an account of the education of the philosopher.
d. contrasting those who are willing to know reality and those who refuse to know it.

2. In the analogy of the Sun, the good is to the ______ world what the sun is to the _______ world:
a. abstract / real.
b. intelligible  / visible.
c. invisible / visible.
d. supernatural / natural.

3. After viewing the Sun, the philosopher returns to the Cave:
a. hopefully.
b. joyously.
c. indifferently.
d. regretfully.

4. Socrates claims that the people chained in the Cave are:
a. angered with their state.
b. like us.
c. like we would be in a corrupt city.
d. suffering and knowing it.

5. The people chained in the Cave view the returning philosopher:
a. warmly.
b. critically.
c. resentfully.
d. hopefully.

[Answers: 1. C   2. B   3. D   4. B   5. C]

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