25 questions about Plato’s Philosophy of Self

1. Who is a famous student of a prominent philosopher and considered an excellent

example of a metaphysician who draws the sharpest possible contrast between
reality and appearance?
a) Socrates
b) Aristotle
c) Plato
d) St. Augustine

2. What do you call the soul's ascent from the world of opinion to the world of
knowledge?
a) Plato's Divided Line
b) Socratic Method
c) St. Augustine Theory of Forms
d) Aristotelian Philosophy

3. What do you call Plato's view of bodies as soul-caskets, which can only be
opened through death?
a) Plato's Dualistic View
b) Plato’s Divided Line
c) Plato’s Allegory of Chariot
d) Plato’s Psyche

4. It refers to the highest level of soul (capable of thinking) present only in humans.
a) Appetitive Soul
b) Rational soul
c) Spirited Soul
d) Objective Soul

5. According to him, the soul is immortal and separate from the body. The soul does
not exist before being joined to the body. It resembles the idea of reincarnation.
a) St. Augustine
b) Aristotle
c) Socrates
d) Plato

6. The psyche is divided into three parts:

a) Appetite, spiritual, objectives
b) thumos, appetite, objectives
c) appetitive, spirited, and rational
d) appetitive, objectives, rational

7. According to Plato, the __________, forged by reason and intellect, has to

govern the affairs of the human person.
a) Rational soul
 b) Appetitive Soul
c) Spirited Soul
d) Objective Soul

8. According to Plato, the spirited soul, in charge of emotions, should be kept in

control.
a) Rational soul
b) Appetitive Soul
c) Spirited Soul
d) Objective Soul

9. According to Plato, the appetitive soul is in charge of base desires like eating,
drinking, sleeping, and having sex, and should be controlled.
a) Rational soul
b) Appetitive Soul
c) Spirited Soul
d) Objective Soul

10. According to Plato, this is immortal.

a) Body
b) Psyche
c) Mind
d) Heart

11. He believes in reincarnation since the soul will move into another body after
death.
a) St. Augustine
b) Aristotle
c) Socrates
d) Plato

12. What does Plato call the body?

a) Prison of Soul
b) Collection of Soul
c) Avenue of Soul
d) Soul’s Haven

13. It refers to deciding what is good for us, and then we are most likely to choose
based on our desires.
a) Appetitive
b) Spirited
c) Rational
d) Objectives

14. When deciding what is good for us, we are most likely to choose based on our
emotions.
 a) Appetitive
b) Spirited
c) Rational
d) Objectives

15. We decide what is good for us and are most likely to choose based on our
intellect.
a) Appetitive
b) Spirited
c) Rational
d) Objectives

16. He agreed that soul and self are synonymous but believed in the purification of
the soul.
a) St. Augustine
b) Aristotle
c) Socrates
d) Plato

17. According to Plato, the essence of knowledge is self- knowledge.

a) True
b) False

18. It can be attained when the three parts of the soul are working harmoniously with
each other.
a) Justice and Ethics
b) Justice and Virtue
c) Justice and Logic
d) Knowledge and Desire

19. Plato explained his philosophy of the self through the representation of the
Allegory of the Chariot. What do you call his theory?
a) Tripartite Theory of the Psyche
b) Socratic Method
c) Theory of Dualism
d) Theory of Forms

20. A policeman conducted an investigation of a crime that is committed by a big

person. One of the men of the culprit tried to bribe the police in an exchange for
burying the truth about the crime. The police return the money and file the case
against the suspect. The policeman let his _______ self preside.
a) Rational
b) Appetitive
c) Spirited
d) Emotional
 21. Socrates: the unexamined life is not worth live. Plato: _______
22. Reason: Knowledge. Thumos: __________
23. Rational Soul: Logic. Appetitive: __________
24. Charioteer: Rational Soul. White Horse: ___________
25. Spirited Soul: glory, honor, recognition. Rational Soul: _________

Answer Key

1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. D
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. C
16. D
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. A
21. The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge
22. Emotions
23. Desire
24. Spirited Soul
25. truth and knowledge

Prepared by
Deserree S. Añonuevo
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