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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) Origin and development.
(b) Time and space.
(c) Food and sunlight.
(d) Traditions and knowledge.

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

3. What angers Hilde concerning the passage, "We are a living planet, Sophie"?
(a) The Major first said that to Hilde.
(b) Hilde disagrees with the passage.
(c) Hilde originally said that quote.
(d) Sophie monopolizes her father's time.

4. What is the little Match Girl like?
(a) A socialist.
(b) A communist.
(c) A transcendentalist.
(d) A democrat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Alberto buy for Sophie?

2. How does Sophie feel about Berkeley's theory?

3. Why is it funny that Mrs. Ingebrigtsen gives Sophie a Barbie doll?

4. What does Alberto tell Sophie concerning new philosophers?

5. What is the conflict of Marx's day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Were you confused by Darwin's theory at all? Explain how you were or weren't.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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