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

2. What is Hilde's birthday present from her father?
(a) An ivory jewelry box.
(b) A ring binder with the typed text of a book.
(c) A diamond necklace.
(d) Embroidered scarves.

3. According to Hegel, what is human progress?
(a) When customs fall and nature takes hold.
(b) When more evil dissipates.
(c) When education becomes more widespread.
(d) When truth continues to change.

4. What situation does Alberto apply Hume's argument to?
(a) Political leaders vs. the general public.
(b) Environmentalist sentiments vs. economic development.
(c) Parents vs. children.
(d) Workers vs. factory owners.

5. Why does Sophie become anxious while waiting for Alberto at a French cafe?
(a) Alberto threatened to run away.
(b) Sophie fears the Major took Alberto away.
(c) Sophie doesn't have any money.
(d) Alberto is 20 minutes late.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud develop?

2. What does Kant see as a key part of man's sense perceptions?

3. What does Hegel describe as progress?

4. What does the devil say about Faust's life?

5. According to Alberto, the Romantic Movement tends to degenerate into what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Hilde get angry when her father orders her to finish the book before his return?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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