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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. After philosophers who are rationalists, what is the shift toward?
(a) Transcendentalism.
(b) Puritanism.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Empiricism.

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

3. According to Alberto, what happens to Romantics when they reach the age of 30?
(a) They move to another country.
(b) They return to school in search of a new career.
(c) They often either die of despair or disease, or become very conservative.
(d) They begin revisiting their early life dreams.

4. What is the role of a philosopher, according to Hegel?
(a) To teach those that are discouraged.
(b) To be the mirror that reflects the ideas of his or her own time.
(c) To feed and clothe those in need.
(d) To question all that come to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what are Alberto and Sophie going to use practical reason?

2. What does Alice bring Sophie during the Kierkegaard lesson?

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

4. During the Romantic era, what could dramas be written about?

5. What is the little Match Girl like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hilde regard Sophie in the Bjerkely chapter? Why does she feel this way?

2. Hilde still believes that Sophie and Alberto exist on some level. What is the author's attitude toward the subject? Why?

3. Kant looked at the individual's perception as most important. How is this theory applicable to Sophie?

4. Do you think the Major and Hilde are characters within a book, like a dream within a dream within a dream? Why?

5. Was it odd when Sophie met Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh? Why or why not?

6. Sartre believes that freedom is a sort of curse, because freedom forces Man to make choices without guidelines. Is this applicable to Sophie's life? How?

7. Marx saw problems where workers did not control their workspaces. Is this true today, or is it only applicable during Marx's time? Can you think of an example?

8. Kierkegaard coined the slogan, "Question Authority." Write about two instances where you have seen this slogan used in our culture.

9. Freud analyzes dreams. What sort of dreams do people analyze today? Why would people want to analyze their dreams?

10. To Hegel, truth is not a set thing, but something that changes. What do you think of this theory? Why?

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