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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. How does Hilde feel about Sophie?
(a) Hilde is angry with Sophie.
(b) Hilde is jealous of Sophie.
(c) Hilde feels sorry for Sophie.
(d) Hilde dislikes Sophie.

2. What are the elves, dwarves and other creatures celebrating when Sophie and Alberto meet them?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Mid Summer Eve.

3. What does Kant concern himself with?
(a) What people can know about the world, through either reason or sense perception.
(b) How people choose to follow or ignore society's rules.
(c) When people leave their parents to explore the world.
(d) Who begins traditions that others rebel against.

4. What does Kierkegaard accuse Hegel of doing?
(a) Conforming to society's standards.
(b) Stealing from the wealthy.
(c) Using the ignorance of the mass to his advantage.
(d) Abandoning thoughts of the individual.

5. What happens to the Ingebrigtsens' Mercedes?
(a) Wrecked.
(b) Keyed.
(c) Stolen.
(d) Runs out of gas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do surrealists say about art?

2. What is Marx's solution to the society's impending collapse?

3. Hegel states that prior philosophies search for what?

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

5. What comes out of the lake by the Major's cabin during Sophie's lesson on the Enlightenment period?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Ingebrightsens become upset with Alberto's speech?

3. 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?

4. Hilde still believes that Sophie and Alberto exist on some level. What is the author's attitude toward the subject? Why?

5. Why is it ironic that Sophie thinks Berkeley's theory is stupid?

6. What is the author's tone toward Sophie and her mother in the Berkley chapter? Why?

7. Sartre believes that freedom is a sort of curse, because freedom forces Man to make choices without guidelines. Is this applicable to Sophie's life? How?

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

9. Why does Sophie become shocked when she sees "Sophie's World" on a bookshelf?

10. Kant looked at the individual's perception as most important. How is this theory applicable to Sophie?

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