Plato’s writings mostly take the form of _______ , in which knowledge is revealed as two characters ask and answer questions of each other:

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1. Plato’s writings mostly take the form of _______, in which knowledge is revealed as two characters ask and answer questions of each other:

   A. Dialogues
   B. Apology
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. The best exposition of liberal concept of the nature and functions of the state is found in the writings of:

   A. Karl Marx
   B. John Locke
   C. Montesquieu
   D. Machiavelli

3. The classical theory of democracy can be traced back to the writings of: __________?

   A. Ancient Greek Philosophers
   B. Ancient Chinese philosophers
   C. Proudhon
   D. French philosophers of the seventeenth century

4. Marx in his writings: _______________?

   A. Paid no attention to the issue of underdevelopment
   B. Paid great attention to the issue of underdevelopment
   C. Emphasized that capitalism was respobsible for underdevelopment
   D. None of the above

5. Specially for Plato’s writings referring to Socrates, it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by Plato- this is known as the:

   A. Socratic Problem
   B. Platoic Problem
   C. Soitic Problem
   D. Aristocratic Problem

6. In Rousseau’s writings he argued for a humane and loving approach to children. How could his relationship with his own children be characterized?

   A. Loving and supportive
   B. He was childless
   C. Stormy at times but generally positive
   D. He placed the five children he produced with his mistress in orphanages

7. Especially for Plato’s writings referring to Socrates, it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by, Plato – this is known as the:

   A. Socratic Problem
   B. Platonic Problem
   C. Soitic Problem
   D. Aristocratic Problem

8. The earliest writings of Aristotle cover what subject?

   A. Astronomy
   B. Philosophy
   C. Physics
   D. Biology

9. Socrates questions Meno’s slave about:

   A. The radius of a circle
   B. The height of the Parthenon
   C. The double of a square’s area
   D. The golden ration of a given square

10. On which of the following questions might the gods disagree, according to Socrates?

    A. The relationship between the legs of a right triangle and its hypotenuse
    B. Plato’s Theory of Forms
    C. Whether or not it is just to punish one’s father
    D. The distance between Athens and Sparta