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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Alberto, what happens to Romantics when they reach the age of 30?
(a) They return to school in search of a new career.
(b) They begin revisiting their early life dreams.
(c) They move to another country.
(d) They often either die of despair or disease, or become very conservative.

2. What is Marx's solution to the society's impending collapse?
(a) Democracy.
(b) A czar as leader.
(c) A monarchy.
(d) A classless society.

3. What trails the plane that Alberto and Sophie see?
(a) A skydiver.
(b) Another plane.
(c) Black smoke.
(d) A banner saying "Happy Birthday, Hilde."

4. What is the conflict of Marx's day?
(a) Religious leaders against citizens.
(b) Children against parents.
(c) Workers against factory owners.
(d) Russia against the world.

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

6. What do surrealists say about art?
(a) It should be a blend of the conscious and the unconscious mind.
(b) It is unnecessary for people to make art.
(c) It must appeal to a select group.
(d) Its effectiveness determines its value.

7. What does Alberto tell Sophie concerning new philosophers?
(a) Readers must struggle to find their deeper meanings.
(b) They are more advanced than previous philosophers.
(c) They are totally useless.
(d) He is unfamiliar with them and can't teach them.

8. Whom does Sophie meet in her travels?
(a) Mighty Mouse.
(b) Diego and Dora.
(c) Bert and Ernie.
(d) Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh.

9. What is the little Match Girl like?
(a) A democrat.
(b) A communist.
(c) A socialist.
(d) A transcendentalist.

10. What comes out of the lake by the Major's cabin during Sophie's lesson on the Enlightenment period?
(a) A cyclops.
(b) An octopus.
(c) A sea serpent.
(d) A mermaid.

11. What does Hilde agree with Alberto about concerning her father's treatment of the characters?
(a) He is too manipulating.
(b) He is dangerous.
(c) His career takes precedence over everything.
(d) His demeanor is snobbish.

12. Where are Sophie and Alberto after their adventures in the binder end?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Somewhere in Oslo.
(c) South Africa.
(d) In a bookstore.

13. What information does Hilde find in the encyclopedia about George Berkeley?
(a) Berkeley never taught philosophy.
(b) Berkeley doubts the truthfulness of early Gods.
(c) Berkeley wishes humans could behave more like their Creator.
(d) Berkeley denies the existence of a material world beyond the human mind.

14. What does Hilde think of Sophie and Alberto?
(a) They manipulate her.
(b) They were never real.
(c) They are just as real as she.
(d) They exist on some level.

15. What does Aladdin bring when he visits Alberto and Sophie?
(a) A pot of gold.
(b) A pitchfork and saw.
(c) His genie.
(d) His wand and potion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an example of negative results of natural selection?

2. Hegel states that prior philosophies search for what?

3. Why is it important the Major may not know the real meaning of his unconscious thoughts and desires?

4. What best describes Romantic novels?

5. As the garden party ends, what do Sophie and Alberto do?

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