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Utopian Philosophers Trivia Quiz

As our world begins to form a 'more perfect union,' and as I studied Utopias last year, here's a fitting quiz. ... Here's a simple true or false quiz over basic Utopian philosophers. Enter false, if any part of the statement is false.

A multiple-choice quiz by flitwick. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
flitwick

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
62,664

Updated
Dec 11 23

# Qns
15

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Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

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1. True or false: Sartre wrote 'Republic' in 380 B.C.

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2. True or false: Henry David Thoreau believes that an individual's only obligation is to do what he or she feels right.

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3. True or false: Sir Thomas More was the first person to use the word 'Utopia'.

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4. True or false: Plato believes that it is acceptable for a person to have more than one occupation.

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5. True or false: Plato does not include women in his definition of 'society'.

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6. True or false: Sir Thomas More wrote 'Utopia' in the late 1600s.

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7. True or false: Henry David Thoreau believes that government is a large machine and that citizens are its 'parts'.

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8. True or false: According to a quote from Plato's "Republic" ("Now, the first and greatest of necessities is ..."), the needs of society include food, clothing, and government.

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9. True or false: Henry David Thoreau wrote 'Civil Disobedience' in 1849.

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10. True or false: In Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia', people may either work or improve their minds, nothing else is an acceptable use of time.

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11. True or false: Plato believes that his society would be self-sufficient and would not need to trade with other societies for necessities.

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12. True or false: Sir Thomas More believes that a government and a constitution are necessary to control what and how much people produce.

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13. True or false: Henry David Thoreau says that while government is flawed, it doesn't usually get in the way of progress.

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14. True or false: In Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia', women could do any job they choose.

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15. True or false: Plato believes that a society will grow when its needs are not being satisfied by its original citizens.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. True or false: Sartre wrote 'Republic' in 380 B.C.

Answer: False

Plato wrote 'Republic' in 380 B.C.

2. True or false: Henry David Thoreau believes that an individual's only obligation is to do what he or she feels right.

Answer: True

'I heartily accept the motto, - 'That government is best which governs {least;'} and I should like to see it acted to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, - 'That government is best which governs not at all:' and when men are prepared for it, that will be th (the) kind of government which they will have.' -Henry David Thoreau, 'Civil Disobedience' (Note: This is not meant to support my question, it is only here for informational purposes.)

3. True or false: Sir Thomas More was the first person to use the word 'Utopia'.

Answer: True

Utopia- translated from the Greek as: (ou) not (topos) a place. A visionary scheme for an ideally perfect society.

4. True or false: Plato believes that it is acceptable for a person to have more than one occupation.

Answer: False

Revised: Plato believes that it is acceptable for a person to have only one occupation. 'And will you have a work better done when the workman has many occupations, or when he has only one?' 'When he has only one.' -Plato, 'Republic'

5. True or false: Plato does not include women in his definition of 'society'.

Answer: True

'The barest notion of state must include four or five men.' -Plato, 'Republic'

6. True or false: Sir Thomas More wrote 'Utopia' in the late 1600s.

Answer: False

7. True or false: Henry David Thoreau believes that government is a large machine and that citizens are its 'parts'.

Answer: True

8. True or false: According to a quote from Plato's "Republic" ("Now, the first and greatest of necessities is ..."), the needs of society include food, clothing, and government.

Answer: False

Revised: According to Plato, the needs of a society include food, clothing, and dwelling. 'Now, the first and greatest of necessities is food, which is the condition of life and existence...The second dwelling, and the third clothing and the like.' -Plato, 'Republic'

9. True or false: Henry David Thoreau wrote 'Civil Disobedience' in 1849.

Answer: True

10. True or false: In Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia', people may either work or improve their minds, nothing else is an acceptable use of time.

Answer: True

'The rest of their time besides that taken up by work, eating, and sleeping, is left to every man's {discretion;} yet they are not to abuse that interval with luxury and idleness, but must employ it in some exercise according to their various inclinations, which is for the most part reading.' -Sir Thomas More, 'Utopia'

11. True or false: Plato believes that his society would be self-sufficient and would not need to trade with other societies for necessities.

Answer: False

Revised: Plato believed that his society would not be self-sufficient and would need to trade with other societies for necessities.

12. True or false: Sir Thomas More believes that a government and a constitution are necessary to control what and how much people produce.

Answer: True

'Since the chief end of the constitution is to regulate labor by the necessities of the public.' -Sir Thomas More, 'Utopia'

13. True or false: Henry David Thoreau says that while government is flawed, it doesn't usually get in the way of progress.

Answer: False

14. True or false: In Sir Thomas More's 'Utopia', women could do any job they choose.

Answer: False

Revised: In More's 'Utopia', women could not do any job they choose. 'Women, for the most part, deal in wool and flax, which suits best with their weakness, leaving the ruder trades to the men.' -Sir Thomas More, 'Utopia'

15. True or false: Plato believes that a society will grow when its needs are not being satisfied by its original citizens.

Answer: True

'Then carpenters and smiths, and many other artisans, will be sharers in our little State, which is already beginning to grow.' -Plato, 'Republic'

Source: Author flitwick

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