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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does "Sophie's World" exist?
(a) An imaginary planet.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) A material world outside of human consciousness.

2. How does Kant explain the place of faith in people's lives?
(a) Faith has a place where ignorance is.
(b) Faith reaches those in pain.
(c) Faith provides laws and guidelines for new cultures.
(d) Faith fills a space where reason and perception fail.

3. What does Hilde realize about Alberto's plan to escape?
(a) The Major will ruin his plan.
(b) Her father typed Alberto's words.
(c) She can help him.
(d) Sophie will be a burden to him.

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

5. What does Kant see as a key part of man's sense perceptions?
(a) Traditions and knowledge.
(b) Origin and development.
(c) Time and space.
(d) Food and sunlight.

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

7. What is the HMS Beagle?
(a) The car at Sophie's party.
(b) The type of dog Hermes is.
(c) A ship Darwin takes to South America.
(d) The exit that the Major takes at the airport.

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

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

10. Where does Berkeley think all of our ideas originate?
(a) Everything comes from God.
(b) Our political leaders.
(c) Parents and elders.
(d) Traditions and customs.

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

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

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

14. What does the devil say about Faust's life?
(a) Faust lived as he wanted.
(b) Faust didn't live fully.
(c) It was totally meaningless.
(d) It was just as God planned.

15. What is Darwin's theory that is included in "the Origin of the Species"?
(a) God providing all species with survival skills.
(b) Safety necessitates laws.
(c) Evil forces challenge God's plans.
(d) Natural selection through survival of the fittest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hilde feel about Sophie?

2. What does Kierkegaard's philosophy emphasize?

3. What does Hilde think of Sophie and Alberto?

4. What is the conflict of Marx's day?

5. When Hilde looks in the brass mirror, what does she see?

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