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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the envelopes have in common?
(a) Neither are glued shut.
(b) Both are typed.
(c) Both are blue.
(d) Neither has stamps.

2. What question does Aquinas pose concerning inanimate objects, animals, man and angels?
(a) If God treats them the same.
(b) If they are composed of the same matter.
(c) If they live in pain.
(d) If time is the same for all of them.

3. How does Empedocles try to organize the world?
(a) By historical facts.
(b) In tiers according to age and gender.
(c) With people at the top of the hierarchy.
(d) Around the four basic elements.

4. After Sophie first tries to find her philosopher, how does Sophie's philosopher avoid her seeing him?
(a) He doesn't use the mailbox, but rather the steps.
(b) He stops corresponding with her as a warning.
(c) Hermes begins hand delivering the messages.
(d) He sends the correspondence to Sophie's school.

5. What does Empedocles believe plays a role in bringing things together?
(a) Communication.
(b) Love.
(c) Technology.
(d) Health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool does the God Thor use?

2. How old is Sophie when the novel opens?

3. Who brings letters directly to Sophie?

4. What is 'Plato's Dialogues'?

5. The second time Sophie goes to the Major's cabin, what does Sophie find?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Hermes growl at Sophie when she follows him? Is this characteristic of a dog? Why?

2. Socrates could have escaped death through exile, but refused. What does this act say about his character?

3. When Sophie sees the large board with the word "Hilde" on it, does this foreshadow who "Hilde' is?

4. What did Sophie learn from working with Legos in connection to Democritus?

5. Sophie receives mail addressed to Hilde. Is she silly or foolish for opening this mail? Why?

6. Characterize Sophie's religion teacher when she questioned Sophie's answers on a test.

7. What would be an example of Parmenides' beliefs in Sophie's life?

8. Why is it important that Sophie designed her own myth?

9. Are the postcard that is addressed to Hilde, and Alberto's decision to teach Sophie in person, connected? Why?

10. What is an example of the Indo-European view of history concerning cycles of history that start over again?

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