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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34, Counterpoint.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hilde planning to do to rebel against her father?
(a) Play tricks on him.
(b) Run away from home.
(c) Attend Sophie's party.
(d) Drop out of school.

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

3. What is Spinoza's philosophy?
(a) The philosopher and the student are of equal standing.
(b) The philosopher is part of the whole universe and all time.
(c) The philosopher need only go where he can help.
(d) The philosopher must die a martyr.

4. Simone de Beauvoir in her book "The Second Sex" states that women can choose an identity that is what?
(a) Free from the trends of tradition.
(b) Not as restrictive as her mother's.
(c) More like a man's.
(d) Based on her education.

5. What does Plato believe human beings get caught in?
(a) Abuse and neglect of the young.
(b) The darkness of day-to-day perception.
(c) Confusion over Gods.
(d) Work and money struggles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the role of a philosopher, according to Hegel?

2. Where does Hume believe human ethics come from?

3. How does Sophie feel about Berkeley's theory?

4. What does Hilde agree with Alberto about concerning her father's treatment of the characters?

5. What is the conflict of Marx's day?

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