If one cave dweller were to ascend to the light outside the cave and then return, what would happen?

The other cave dwellers would ridicule him and try to kill him.

What does Socrates say about mathematics?

Calculations compel the soul upward.

Book III begins as Socrates:

Quotes famous passages of Homeric poetry.

Socrates tells a story describing how god first formed humans inside the earth. Which of the following is true?

Men were mixed with iron, brass, silver, or gold.

Book VII begins with the so-called "Allegory of the Cave." The cave features which of the following elements:

Cave dwellers who are shackled to the rock and imprisoned

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1
If one cave dweller were to ascend to the light outside the cave and then return, what would happen?
The other cave dwellers would ridicule him and try to kill him.
The other cave dwellers would imprison him in the chamber beside the river.
The other cave dwellers would see the light in him and follow him.
The other cave dwellers would make him the puppeteer.
2
For Socrates, _______ is the only intellectual process that results in valid knowledge and truth.
Cross examination
Persuasive thesis
Experimentation
Dialectic
3
What does Socrates say about mathematics?
Calculations compel the soul upward.
Mathematics and calculations, like poetry, can deceive the mind of man,.
Mathematics and calculation are the basic subjects all must study.
Mathematics compel the soul downward and corrupt.
4
Book III begins as Socrates:
Quotes famous passages of Homeric poetry.
Describes the atomist theories of the 7th and6th centuries BCE .
Praises Kazantzakis, the great philosopher and rhetor.
Explains that the Sibyl of Delphi is the only source of real truth.
5
Socrates tells a story describing how god first formed humans inside the earth. Which of the following is true?
Men were mixed with iron, brass, silver, or gold.
Men were mixed with straw, withsticks, and stones.
Men were made from roots of pine, oak, or ash.
Men were made from coal, quartz, or precious gems.
6
Book VII begins with the so-called "Allegory of the Cave." The cave features which of the following elements:
Cave dwellers who know the secret mysteries of the earth
A serpent that deceives the cave dwellers
Cave dwellers who are shackled to the rock and imprisoned
A subterranean river that makes the cave dwellers forget their lives.
7
According to Socrates, the only people who should be permitted to lie are:
priests
the artists and craftsmen
athletes in competition
rulers of the city

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Plato Readings 1 & 2

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Questions 7

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1
If one cave dweller were to ascend to the light outside the cave and then return, what would happen?
The other cave dwellers would ridicule him and try to kill him.
The other cave dwellers would imprison him in the chamber beside the river.
The other cave dwellers would see the light in him and follow him.
The other cave dwellers would make him the puppeteer.
2
For Socrates, _______ is the only intellectual process that results in valid knowledge and truth.
Cross examination
Persuasive thesis
Experimentation
Dialectic
3
What does Socrates say about mathematics?
Calculations compel the soul upward.
Mathematics and calculations, like poetry, can deceive the mind of man,.
Mathematics and calculation are the basic subjects all must study.
Mathematics compel the soul downward and corrupt.
4
Book III begins as Socrates:
Quotes famous passages of Homeric poetry.
Describes the atomist theories of the 7th and6th centuries BCE .
Praises Kazantzakis, the great philosopher and rhetor.
Explains that the Sibyl of Delphi is the only source of real truth.
5
Socrates tells a story describing how god first formed humans inside the earth. Which of the following is true?
Men were mixed with iron, brass, silver, or gold.
Men were mixed with straw, withsticks, and stones.
Men were made from roots of pine, oak, or ash.
Men were made from coal, quartz, or precious gems.
6
Book VII begins with the so-called "Allegory of the Cave." The cave features which of the following elements:
Cave dwellers who know the secret mysteries of the earth
A serpent that deceives the cave dwellers
Cave dwellers who are shackled to the rock and imprisoned
A subterranean river that makes the cave dwellers forget their lives.
7
According to Socrates, the only people who should be permitted to lie are:
priests
the artists and craftsmen
athletes in competition
rulers of the city