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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the note say inside Sophie's second envelope?
(a) What should your life be?
(b) How will you help Earth today?
(c) Where does the earth come from?
(d) Why are we here?

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

3. What does Descartes' philosophy ask?
(a) How can Man trust his own senses, since maybe his life is a dream?
(b) When did we become such followers of others?
(c) Why should we learn when others already know?
(d) How can Man teach others, help others?

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

5. How does Sophie answer the questions on her religious knowledge exam?
(a) She makes up answers.
(b) She uses her philosophical knowledge.
(c) She refuses to answer such mundane questions.
(d) She recites material from her religious text.

6. How does Plato use math and geometry?
(a) To gain money.
(b) To aid him in obtaining true knowledge.
(c) To teach others less fortunate.
(d) To build houses.

7. Who designed the first Academy?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Freud.
(d) Jesus.

8. What does Sophie see on the inside of a banana peel?
(a) Birthday wishes from Albert Knag to Hilde.
(b) Mold.
(c) Bugs crawling everywhere.
(d) Directions to her house.

9. Why is Baruch Spinoza excommunicated?
(a) For being a tax collector.
(b) For adultery.
(c) For thievery.
(d) For heresy.

10. What does Empedocles believe plays a role in bringing things together?
(a) Love.
(b) Health.
(c) Technology.
(d) Communication.

11. The second time Sophie goes to the Major's cabin, what does Sophie find?
(a) Her coat.
(b) Postcards addressed to Hilde.
(c) Alberto.
(d) Money.

12. Who brings letters directly to Sophie?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Bast.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Thor.

13. Whose letter comes to Sophie's house?
(a) Hermes'.
(b) Hilde's father's.
(c) Her religious teacher's.
(d) The cat's.

14. What does Plato believe is immortal?
(a) Animals.
(b) A human soul.
(c) Nature.
(d) A human body.

15. 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) He stops corresponding with her as a warning.
(c) Hermes begins hand delivering the messages.
(d) He doesn't use the mailbox, but rather the steps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Sophie receive concerning her teacher, from her teacher?

2. What does the doll that Alberto shows Sophie symbolize?

3. Ancient people used myths to explain what?

4. What question does Sophie ask herself as she looks in the mirror after she reads her first note?

5. What does Parmenides believe?

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