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

2. Where does Hilde discover her father will be when she seeks revenge?
(a) In a ferry.
(b) In a car.
(c) In a business meeting.
(d) In the Copenhagen airport.

3. What is Marx's solution to the society's impending collapse?
(a) A czar as leader.
(b) A classless society.
(c) Democracy.
(d) A monarchy.

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

5. How does Hilde feel about Sophie?
(a) Hilde feels sorry for Sophie.
(b) Hilde is jealous of Sophie.
(c) Hilde dislikes Sophie.
(d) Hilde is angry with Sophie.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hegel, what is human progress?

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

3. As part of his philosophy, what does Kierkegaard map out?

4. When is Hilde's dad supposed to arrive home?

5. Where does Berkeley think all of our ideas originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the old woman take Sophie and Alberto to the storybook character's camp?

2. Why does Sophie become shocked when she sees "Sophie's World" on a bookshelf?

3. What is the importance of the party becoming the theater of the absurd?

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

5. Hume believes that ethics come from sentiments and customs. How does this belief apply to Alberto?

6. Why do the Ingebrightsens become upset with Alberto's speech?

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

8. Was the point of view change in the story effective? Why?

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

10. Are Hilde's plans for her father well designed? Why?

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