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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. Who is the only other being Sophie takes to her den with her?
(a) No one.
(b) Joanna.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her cat.
2. When Sophie is in the Major's cabin, what reflects back at her from the mirror?
(a) Alberto, shaking his head.
(b) A crying girl.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Another girl who winks at her.
3. What do the envelopes have in common?
(a) Neither are glued shut.
(b) Both are typed.
(c) Both are blue.
(d) Neither has stamps.
4. What is significant about the postmark of the postcard that is from the Major to Hilde?
(a) The postmark is a day late.
(b) The postmark does not exist.
(c) The postmark is two months in advance.
(d) The postmark is from a hundred years ago.
5. What are Indo-European myths about?
(a) The galaxy.
(b) Many Gods.
(c) Physical ailments.
(d) Nature.
Short Answer Questions
1. What question does Sophie ask herself as she looks in the mirror after she reads her first note?
2. What does Plato believe human beings get caught in?
3. After Sophie's Renaissance lesson, where does she find her bus fare?
4. What does the introductory letter to Philosophy say?
5. What is a sign of Europe's renewed progress in the 1200s?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are Hilde and the Major connected to Sophie, as known by Chapter 13? Why?
2. When Sophie sees another girl in mirror who winks back at her with both eyes, what does this foreshadow?
3. What would be an example of Parmenides' beliefs in Sophie's life?
4. Sophie receives mail addressed to Hilde. Is she silly or foolish for opening this mail? Why?
5. Why would ancient people make up such elaborate stories to explain how their world works?
6. Socrates could have escaped death through exile, but refused. What does this act say about his character?
7. What is Sophie's den symbolic of? How?
8. When Sophie sees the large board with the word "Hilde" on it, does this foreshadow who "Hilde' is?
9. Why does Sophie decide to go into a stranger's cabin?
10. Why is it important that Sophie designed her own myth?
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