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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. As the garden party ends, what do Sophie and Alberto do?
(a) Find the ringed binder.
(b) Drive to the Cathedral.
(c) Get a boat.
(d) Run to the cabin.

2. Where does Hilde discover her father will be when she seeks revenge?
(a) In a business meeting.
(b) In a ferry.
(c) In the Copenhagen airport.
(d) In a car.

3. Where does Hume believe human ethics come from?
(a) Reasons and logic.
(b) Sentiments and customs.
(c) Gods and religious leaders.
(d) Stories of the oral tradition.

4. What does Freud develop?
(a) Morphology.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Cytology.
(d) Dissolution.

5. When Sophie climbs a tree, who rescues her from it?
(a) Her cat.
(b) A fireman.
(c) Mrs. Ingebrigtsen.
(d) The magical goose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the HMS Beagle?

2. According to Hegel, what is human progress?

3. What is Hilde's birthday present from her father?

4. What is Berkeley's theory toward perceptions?

5. After philosophers who are rationalists, what is the shift toward?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the old woman take Sophie and Alberto to the storybook character's camp?

2. To Hegel, truth is not a set thing, but something that changes. What do you think of this theory? Why?

3. Was the point of view change in the story effective? Why?

4. Does Marx's idea of a classless society sound appealing? Why?

5. How does Freud relate to the theme "bravery" of this novel?

6. Was it odd when Sophie met Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh? Why or why not?

7. What examples of natural selection do you know of?

8. Are Hilde's plans for her father well designed? Why?

9. Marx saw problems where workers did not control their workspaces. Is this true today, or is it only applicable during Marx's time? Can you think of an example?

10. Why does Hilde get angry when her father orders her to finish the book before his return?

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