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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. Ancient people used myths to explain what?
(a) The planets.
(b) Humans.
(c) Nature.
(d) The world.

2. Where is Sophie going to invite Alberto?
(a) To her school.
(b) To her birthday party.
(c) On a camping trip.
(d) To a coffee shop.

3. During the Renaissance, what did philosophers believe?
(a) Man was created in the image of the Creator.
(b) Man wants to please God.
(c) Man needs to worship multiple Gods.
(d) Man is smarter than God.

4. Where does Sophie live?
(a) A tall apartment complex.
(b) In the middle of town.
(c) A shady duplex.
(d) On the edge of the woods.

5. How does Thor dress to fool the giants?
(a) As a woman, a goddess.
(b) As a priest.
(c) As a deer.
(d) As circus folk, similar to a clown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Albert Knag's occupation?

2. What does Sophie find in the regular mail as the story opens?

3. How often does Sophie see her father?

4. What does Sophie call her secret spot?

5. After Sophie returns home from meeting Alberto, what does she see in the mirror?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Alberto dress in costume to reflect his teachings? Does this enhance his lessons?

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

4. Why would ancient people make up such elaborate stories to explain how their world works?

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

6. What is Sophie's den symbolic of? How?

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

8. Is Sophie's mother's reaction to her daughter's studies and new attitude realistic? Why?

9. Why were ancient people angry when they spoke to Socrates and he claimed not to know anything?

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

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