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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 Freud develop?
(a) Cytology.
(b) Morphology.
(c) Dissolution.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

2. What does Hilde's father order her to do?
(a) Join the Transcendentalist club.
(b) Date Jeremy.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Finish the book.

3. Where does Berkeley think all of our ideas originate?
(a) Traditions and customs.
(b) Everything comes from God.
(c) Our political leaders.
(d) Parents and elders.

4. Where does Hume believe human ethics come from?
(a) Sentiments and customs.
(b) Gods and religious leaders.
(c) Reasons and logic.
(d) Stories of the oral tradition.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comes out of the lake by the Major's cabin during Sophie's lesson on the Enlightenment period?

2. What is in the Major's first envelope from Hilde?

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

4. When Hilde looks in the brass mirror, what does she see?

5. According to Alberto, what happens to Romantics when they reach the age of 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Marx's idea of a classless society sound appealing? Why?

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

3. Do you agree with Hegel that philosophers should be mirrors that reflect ideas of their time? Why?

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

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

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

7. Why is it ironic that Sophie thinks Berkeley's theory is stupid?

8. 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?

9. How does Freud relate to the theme "bravery" of this novel?

10. What is the author's tone toward Sophie and her mother in the Berkley chapter? Why?

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