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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trails the plane that Alberto and Sophie see?
(a) A banner saying "Happy Birthday, Hilde."
(b) Black smoke.
(c) Another plane.
(d) A skydiver.

2. According to Alberto, the Romantic Movement tends to degenerate into what?
(a) The hippie counter-culture in the early 1800s.
(b) A conservative and introverted movement.
(c) Nothingness.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. What change happens after Sophie's mother introduces Alberto to the gathering at the garden party?
(a) Everyone becomes scared and goes home.
(b) Alberto crashes the party.
(c) They all leave because they know they aren't real.
(d) The party starts to get wild.

4. What is Marx's solution to the society's impending collapse?
(a) Democracy.
(b) A classless society.
(c) A monarchy.
(d) A czar as leader.

5. During the Romantic era, what could dramas be written about?
(a) Something ordinarily seen as absurd.
(b) Love gone bad.
(c) Odd couples becoming popular.
(d) Teenagers and the pain they suffer while dating.

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

7. To Sartre, what is existentialism?
(a) Man creates himself and his values.
(b) The belief that love does not exist.
(c) A path to leaving all danger.
(d) Putting others ahead of yourself.

8. What book does Alberto buy for Sophie?
(a) "Death Be Not Proud."
(b) "Sophie's World."
(c) "An American Struggle."
(d) "The Bible."

9. On June 14th, what does Hermes say?
(a) "Happy Birthday, Hilde."
(b) "Come home, Major."
(c) "Leave Sophie alone."
(d) "Joanna, go away!"

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

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

12. As the garden party ends, what do Sophie and Alberto do?
(a) Get a boat.
(b) Find the ringed binder.
(c) Drive to the Cathedral.
(d) Run to the cabin.

13. What information does Hilde find in the encyclopedia about George Berkeley?
(a) Berkeley doubts the truthfulness of early Gods.
(b) Berkeley denies the existence of a material world beyond the human mind.
(c) Berkeley never taught philosophy.
(d) Berkeley wishes humans could behave more like their Creator.

14. What does Alberto tell Sophie concerning new philosophers?
(a) He is unfamiliar with them and can't teach them.
(b) They are more advanced than previous philosophers.
(c) Readers must struggle to find their deeper meanings.
(d) They are totally useless.

15. What is an example of negative results of natural selection?
(a) Rabid dogs.
(b) Hyperactive children.
(c) The theft of DNA.
(d) The overuse of antibiotics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Berkeley's theory toward perceptions?

2. What comes out of the lake by the Major's cabin during Sophie's lesson on the Enlightenment period?

3. How does Kant explain the place of faith in people's lives?

4. What angers Alberto at the Cinderella Cafe?

5. What is Hilde planning to do to rebel against her father?

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