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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Alberto plan to escape the Major's story?
2. What comes out of the lake by the Major's cabin during Sophie's lesson on the Enlightenment period?
3. What does Alice bring Sophie during the Kierkegaard lesson?
4. Where are Sophie and Alberto after their adventures in the binder end?
5. What does Kierkegaard's philosophy emphasize?
Short Essay Questions
1. Was it odd when Sophie met Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh? Why or why not?
2. What is the importance of the party becoming the theater of the absurd?
3. Kierkegaard coined the slogan, "Question Authority." Write about two instances where you have seen this slogan used in our culture.
4. English philosophers think that Man is like a blank blackboard and ready to take in data collected by the senses. Does this apply to Sophie's philosophical lessons? How?
5. Why do the Ingebrightsens become upset with Alberto's speech?
6. Freud analyzes dreams. What sort of dreams do people analyze today? Why would people want to analyze their dreams?
7. Do you agree with Hegel that philosophers should be mirrors that reflect ideas of their time? Why?
8. Why does Hilde get angry when her father orders her to finish the book before his return?
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. Does Marx's idea of a classless society sound appealing? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The overlap of philosophy and religion in the book is a common debate in our culture. How great is the overlap in the book? Does Sophie react to this debate? Is her reaction realistic? Why?
1) Include at least three solid examples to explain how these topics overlap.
2) Comment on Sophie's reaction to this overlap. Is her reaction to the specific examples realistic?
Essay Topic 2
How does Freud's dream analysis connect to Sophie and Alberto since they are in a dream?
Essay Topic 3
How much do you think Alberto knows of the Major's interference in Sophie's life? Does he know from the beginning that Sophie is a character? Explain why and what clues show this.
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