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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Anaximenes believe that everything comes from ?
(a) God.
(b) Air.
(c) Humans.
(d) Water.

3. What is Descartes' famous quote?
(a) "Believe those seeking the truth."
(b) "I think, therefore I am."
(c) "I am a part of all that I have met."
(d) "The obstacle is the path."

4. What does the note say inside Sophie's first envelope?
(a) What are you doing?
(b) Who are you?
(c) What is here?
(d) Where do you belong?

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

6. According to Anaxagoras, what are seeds?
(a) Infinitely divisible particles.
(b) Potential of ideas.
(c) Grass and food for humans.
(d) The young of a group.

7. Ancient people used myths to explain what?
(a) The planets.
(b) Humans.
(c) The world.
(d) Nature.

8. After Sophie first tries to find her philosopher, how does Sophie's philosopher avoid her seeing him?
(a) He sends the correspondence to Sophie's school.
(b) Hermes begins hand delivering the messages.
(c) He stops corresponding with her as a warning.
(d) He doesn't use the mailbox, but rather the steps.

9. When do white envelopes arrive for Sophie?
(a) During her nap time.
(b) In the morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) During school hours.

10. What guise does Sophie arrange so she can meet Alberto in person?
(a) She joins a church.
(b) She goes to a movie theatre.
(c) She has activities after school.
(d) She spends the night at Joanna's house.

11. How is Alberto dressed when Sophie meets him at the church?
(a) He is naked.
(b) In a tux.
(c) Like a monk.
(d) In regular street clothes.

12. When Sophie's mother sees her playing with Legos, what does Sophie tell her mother?
(a) That she is doing homework.
(b) That she misses her younger years.
(c) That she is having a hard time right now.
(d) That she is doing an experiment.

13. When Alberto shows Sophie a computer, how does Major Albert Knag appear?
(a) In a video.
(b) As a journal entry.
(c) As a bank withdrawal.
(d) As a data virus.

14. What does Parmenides believe?
(a) No one ever dies.
(b) Everything has no real change.
(c) Only children can change.
(d) Humans need Gods for confidence.

15. What do the envelopes have in common?
(a) Both are blue.
(b) Neither are glued shut.
(c) Both are typed.
(d) Neither has stamps.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sophie returns from the Major's cabin soaking wet, what does Sophie's mother think?

2. What does Sophie build with Legos?

3. What does the introductory letter to Philosophy say?

4. How does Sophie surprise Joanna after they finish classes?

5. What does Sophie take from the Major's cabin?

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