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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. What does Hilde realize about Alberto's plan to escape?
2. When Darwin begins his studies, how is he best described?
3. What does Hume say people's feelings are not based on?
4. When Sophie climbs a tree, who rescues her from it?
5. What are the elves, dwarves and other creatures celebrating when Sophie and Alberto meet them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Does Marx's idea of a classless society sound appealing? Why?
2. 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?
3. Why does the old woman take Sophie and Alberto to the storybook character's camp?
4. Why does Sophie become shocked when she sees "Sophie's World" on a bookshelf?
5. Were you confused by Darwin's theory at all? Explain how you were or weren't.
6. 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?
7. Why does Hilde get angry when her father orders her to finish the book before his return?
8. Why do the Ingebrightsens become upset with Alberto's speech?
9. Do you agree with Hegel that philosophers should be mirrors that reflect ideas of their time? Why?
10. The ideal of the romantics is for complete originality. Does our culture still value that ideal today? How?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After finishing this novel, did any of your world, life or religious views change? How?
Essay Topic 2
How is HIlde's life changed from studying philosophy? Why did her father want her to study these philosophers and their theories? What groundwork does it provide her in life?
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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