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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. Whom does Sophie meet in her travels?
(a) Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh.
(b) Mighty Mouse.
(c) Diego and Dora.
(d) Bert and Ernie.

2. What comes out of the lake by the Major's cabin during Sophie's lesson on the Enlightenment period?
(a) An octopus.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A cyclops.
(d) A sea serpent.

3. What does the devil say about Faust's life?
(a) It was totally meaningless.
(b) Faust didn't live fully.
(c) Faust lived as he wanted.
(d) It was just as God planned.

4. Where does "Sophie's World" exist?
(a) A material world outside of human consciousness.
(b) An imaginary planet.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

5. What does Aladdin bring when he visits Alberto and Sophie?
(a) A pot of gold.
(b) His wand and potion.
(c) A pitchfork and saw.
(d) His genie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the HMS Beagle?

2. Where does Hume believe human ethics come from?

3. As the garden party ends, what do Sophie and Alberto do?

4. What change happens after Sophie's mother introduces Alberto to the gathering at the garden party?

5. What is the little Match Girl like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the Enlightenment period, there is an impulse toward mass education and cultural optimism. Do you see any traces of these beliefs in our culture today? How?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The ideal of the romantics is for complete originality. Does our culture still value that ideal today? How?

10. 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?

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