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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hilde's mother admit to Hilde concerning a belonging?
(a) She removed the mirror from the house.
(b) She took the crucifix to trick Hilde.
(c) She moved the scarf into a different room.
(d) She told the Major about Hilde's missing crucifix.

2. How does Sophie feel about Berkeley's theory?
(a) That it is stupid.
(b) She finds it mystifying.
(c) She adopts it as her own.
(d) Unsure.

3. According to Hegel, how does constant change come about?
(a) By observing other cultures and societies.
(b) Through conflict of new ideas versus old ideas.
(c) During busy times when no one notices.
(d) With careful consideration and thought.

4. What does Hegel describe as progress?
(a) When charity and goodwill become natural aspects of a culture.
(b) The acknowledgement of mind over spirit.
(c) When the distribution of wealth becomes more equal.
(d) The constant changing of ideas, values and ethics.

5. What angers Alberto at the Cinderella Cafe?
(a) His money is the wrong kind.
(b) He cannot make the coffee dispenser work.
(c) He cannot be seen and people walk on him.
(d) Sophie won't stop pestering him.

6. When Hilde looks in the brass mirror, what does she see?
(a) The reflection blinking at her with both eyes.
(b) The Major.
(c) Herself, only bald.
(d) Her entire family.

7. After philosophers who are rationalists, what is the shift toward?
(a) Empiricism.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Transcendentalism.
(d) Puritanism.

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

9. What is the role of a philosopher, according to Hegel?
(a) To question all that come to him.
(b) To be the mirror that reflects the ideas of his or her own time.
(c) To feed and clothe those in need.
(d) To teach those that are discouraged.

10. Where does Hilde discover her father will be when she seeks revenge?
(a) In a business meeting.
(b) In the Copenhagen airport.
(c) In a ferry.
(d) In a car.

11. As part of his philosophy, what does Kierkegaard map out?
(a) The way God wants humans to behave.
(b) Four stages the universe took in development.
(c) Three life stages and the people in those stages.
(d) The way the world will end.

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

13. According to Hegel, what is human progress?
(a) When customs fall and nature takes hold.
(b) When truth continues to change.
(c) When more evil dissipates.
(d) When education becomes more widespread.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what are Alberto and Sophie going to use practical reason?

2. What best describes Romantic novels?

3. Hegel states that prior philosophies search for what?

4. Why does Sophie laugh at the Emperor?

5. What are Sophie and Alberto's lives like after their adventures in the binder end?

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