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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 Hilde agree with Alberto about concerning her father's treatment of the characters?
(a) He is dangerous.
(b) His career takes precedence over everything.
(c) His demeanor is snobbish.
(d) He is too manipulating.

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

3. What does Alberto tell Sophie concerning new philosophers?
(a) He is unfamiliar with them and can't teach them.
(b) They are totally useless.
(c) Readers must struggle to find their deeper meanings.
(d) They are more advanced than previous philosophers.

4. Why is it important the Major may not know the real meaning of his unconscious thoughts and desires?
(a) That gives Alberto and Sophie a chance to escape.
(b) That makes him susceptible to a writing error.
(c) That allows him to do well at his job.
(d) That makes Hilde able to lie to him.

5. What angers Alberto at the Cinderella Cafe?
(a) Sophie won't stop pestering him.
(b) He cannot make the coffee dispenser work.
(c) His money is the wrong kind.
(d) He cannot be seen and people walk on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard's philosophy emphasize?

2. To Sartre, what is existentialism?

3. What do surrealists say about art?

4. What angers Hilde concerning the passage, "We are a living planet, Sophie"?

5. What is Hilde planning to do to rebel against her father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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