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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lesson with the topic of Plato and Socrates is presented?
(a) Giving more than you have.
(b) Helping those in need.
(c) Doing the right thing and knowing what you do not know.
(d) Ignoring material possessions and living alone.

2. What do philosophers keep that babies have and adults lose?
(a) Their sense of wonder.
(b) Trust.
(c) The ability to rest.
(d) Their hunger.

3. What tool does the God Thor use?
(a) Wrench.
(b) Hammer.
(c) Phillips screwdriver.
(d) Saw.

4. What grade does the teacher give Sophie on her religious knowledge test?
(a) She asks Sophie to retake it.
(b) F.
(c) A.
(d) C.

5. What comprises Sophie's myth?
(a) A monkey becomes her tour guide in life.
(b) A genie comes to grant wishes.
(c) A small child pops out of a flower.
(d) A Prince rescues a Princess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What guise does Sophie arrange so she can meet Alberto in person?

2. What are the teacher's thoughts concerning Sophie's religious exam?

3. What does Sophie's mother think of the letters she receives?

4. What do the Arabs develop in the 1200s?

5. Why does Alberto begin teaching Sophie in person?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sophie receives mail addressed to Hilde. Is she silly or foolish for opening this mail? Why?

2. Are the postcard that is addressed to Hilde, and Alberto's decision to teach Sophie in person, connected? Why?

3. When Sophie sees another girl in mirror who winks back at her with both eyes, what does this foreshadow?

4. Why would ancient people make up such elaborate stories to explain how their world works?

5. Why does Sophie's mother handle her daughter's relationship with Alberto so calmly?

6. Sophie immediately thinks about the first question, "Who are you?" How does this indirectly characterize her?

7. Why does Alberto dress in costume to reflect his teachings? Does this enhance his lessons?

8. Sophie recalls that time is different for the Major and HIlde, than for Sophie and Alberto. How would this exist?

9. What kind of teacher is Alberto? Why?

10. Why would Hermes growl at Sophie when she follows him? Is this characteristic of a dog? Why?

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