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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What comes out of the lake by the Major's cabin during Sophie's lesson on the Enlightenment period?
(a) A sea serpent.
(b) An octopus.
(c) A cyclops.
(d) A mermaid.

4. What best describes Romantic novels?
(a) Dreamy and remote.
(b) Conservative yet precocious.
(c) Loud and obnoxious.
(d) Dignified and reserved.

5. What does Hilde agree with Alberto about concerning her father's treatment of the characters?
(a) His demeanor is snobbish.
(b) His career takes precedence over everything.
(c) He is dangerous.
(d) He is too manipulating.

6. According to Freud, why do women suffer from various neuroses?
(a) Women have more duties than others.
(b) Women often suppress their desires because they feel guilty.
(c) Women have an image and they strive to meet it.
(d) Women feel they cannot meet the expectations of their peers and spouses.

7. Why is it funny that Mrs. Ingebrigtsen gives Sophie a Barbie doll?
(a) Sophie says that Mrs. Ingebrigtsen dresses and behaves like a Barbie doll.
(b) Barbie dolls aren't real and neither is Mrs. Ingebrigtsen.
(c) Barbie dolls contradict the lessons of Alberto.
(d) Sophie is too old to play with Barbie dolls.

8. What situation does Alberto apply Hume's argument to?
(a) Parents vs. children.
(b) Environmentalist sentiments vs. economic development.
(c) Political leaders vs. the general public.
(d) Workers vs. factory owners.

9. What is Berkeley's theory toward perceptions?
(a) They don't really exist.
(b) God should guide us, not perceptions.
(c) He doubts them all.
(d) All people should only trust their own.

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

11. According to Marx, what causes historical change?
(a) Material and economic factors.
(b) Uprising of the poor.
(c) Educated masses.
(d) Failing of political leaders.

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

13. How does Alberto plan to escape the Major's story?
(a) By leaving Sophie behind.
(b) With bribery and trickery.
(c) Between the lines of the book.
(d) Alberto abandons this idea.

14. Why is it important the Major may not know the real meaning of his unconscious thoughts and desires?
(a) That allows him to do well at his job.
(b) That makes him susceptible to a writing error.
(c) That gives Alberto and Sophie a chance to escape.
(d) That makes Hilde able to lie to him.

15. What upsets Sophie after she hears the lesson on Berkeley?
(a) She sees that Hilde is taking over her life.
(b) She knows she and Alberto exist in the mind of the Major.
(c) She learns about her father's death.
(d) She knows she will die soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sophie climbs a tree, who rescues her from it?

2. According to Hegel, what is human progress?

3. When Darwin begins his studies, how is he best described?

4. What is the HMS Beagle?

5. What religion does Hume associate with?

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