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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sophie going to invite Alberto?
(a) On a camping trip.
(b) To her school.
(c) To her birthday party.
(d) To a coffee shop.

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

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

4. Politically, what is the Baroque period characterized with?
(a) Assassinations and revolts.
(b) Peace and equality.
(c) Anger and ignorance.
(d) Waste and vulgarity.

5. What is 'Plato's Dialogues'?
(a) Lectures that Alberto follows.
(b) Plato writing down the words of Socrates.
(c) A one-man play about philosophy.
(d) A form of debate.

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

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

8. What does Jesus say that he wants to bring to the whole world?
(a) Trial and confusion.
(b) Good will and peace.
(c) Trust and hope.
(d) Salvation and atonement.

9. How does Thor dress to fool the giants?
(a) As circus folk, similar to a clown.
(b) As a woman, a goddess.
(c) As a priest.
(d) As a deer.

10. What are the teacher's thoughts concerning Sophie's religious exam?
(a) That her approach was rude.
(b) That her answers are incredible.
(c) That she copied her answers.
(d) That her knowledge is limited.

11. What is Albert Knag's occupation?
(a) A Norwegian Major in the U.N. Forces.
(b) A mechanical engineer.
(c) A General in the U.S. Air Force.
(d) A Certified Public Accountant.

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

13. What question does Sophie ask herself as she looks in the mirror after she reads her first note?
(a) Would she be a different person if she had a different name?
(b) Would her parents love her if she was a boy?
(c) Why was she placed here?
(d) Where should she go next?

14. What do philosophers keep that babies have and adults lose?
(a) Their hunger.
(b) Trust.
(c) Their sense of wonder.
(d) The ability to rest.

15. In a Baroque work by Holberg, what question is posed?
(a) Where do we belong after this life?
(b) How do we know this is our proper place in life?
(c) How do we reach out to other galaxies?
(d) How does a person know which is reality and which is a dream?

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sophie first tries to find her philosopher, how does Sophie's philosopher avoid her seeing him?

2. How does Sophie feel toward drug use?

3. What is Spinoza's philosophy?

4. What does Parmenides believe?

5. What does Sophie find in the woods on her search for the philosopher?

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