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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cultures comprise the Hellenism period?

2. What does Sophie find in the regular mail as the story opens?

3. How old is Sophie when the novel opens?

4. When Sophie's mother sees her playing with Legos, what does Sophie tell her mother?

5. What do philosophers keep that babies have and adults lose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of teacher is Alberto? Why?

2. Characterize Sophie's religion teacher when she questioned Sophie's answers on a test.

3. Why were ancient people angry when they spoke to Socrates and he claimed not to know anything?

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

5. Why is it important that Sophie designed her own myth?

6. When Sophie sees the large board with the word "Hilde" on it, does this foreshadow who "Hilde' is?

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

8. How are Hilde and the Major connected to Sophie, as known by Chapter 13? Why?

9. What did Sophie learn from working with Legos in connection to Democritus?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Alberto teach Sophie these philosophy lessons? Was it for personal gain or as a selfless act?

Essay Topic 2

How does Freud's dream analysis connect to Sophie and Alberto since they are in a dream?

Essay Topic 3

The overlap of philosophy and religion in the book is a common debate in our culture. How great is the overlap in the book? Does Sophie react to this debate? Is her reaction realistic? Why?

1) Include at least three solid examples to explain how these topics overlap.

2) Comment on Sophie's reaction to this overlap. Is her reaction to the specific examples realistic?

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