Virtual Core Studies 1
Classical Origins of Western Culture

Self-Quiz on Plato's Republic (part 4)

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1. Which of the following is located in the lowest segment (A) of the Divided Line?

an elephant
a video image of an elephant
the Form of justice
a triangle

2. Which of the following is located in the next segment (B) of the Divided Line?

an elephant
a video image of an elephant
the Form of justice
a triangle

3. Which of the following is located in the next segment (C) of the Divided Line?

an elephant
a video image of an elephant
the Form of justice
a triangle

4. Which of the following is located in the highest segment (D) of the Divided Line?

an elephant
a video image of an elephant
the Form of justice
a triangle

5. In the Allegory of the Cave, the underground chamber in which people are confined represents

the visible world in which we all live
a place of punishment for whose who have been unjust
a shelter for use in time of danger
the place where all citizens of the new city must be indoctrinated with the proper ideology

6. Plato has argued earlier that many traditional stories have a bad influence. A further argument against literature is that

it does not give us a balanced view of non-Greek cultures
the heroic system of values is out of date
poets produce imitations at the third remove from reality
literary works are inherently elitist

7. Which of the following points is NOT made by the Myth of Er?

we have no responsibility for our own destinies
rewards and punishments await us after death
after we die, our souls will someday be reborn
after we are born, our destiny cannot be altered

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