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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 angers Hilde concerning the passage, "We are a living planet, Sophie"?
2. What does Freud develop?
3. What do surrealists say about art?
4. What does Hilde realize about Alberto's plan to escape?
5. Why does Sophie laugh at the Emperor?
Short Essay Questions
1. Does Marx's idea of a classless society sound appealing? Why?
2. How does Hilde regard Sophie in the Bjerkely chapter? Why does she feel this way?
3. Sartre believes that freedom is a sort of curse, because freedom forces Man to make choices without guidelines. Is this applicable to Sophie's life? How?
4. Are Hilde's plans for her father well designed? Why?
5. Why is it ironic that Sophie thinks Berkeley's theory is stupid?
6. Were you confused by Darwin's theory at all? Explain how you were or weren't.
7. Why does Sophie become shocked when she sees "Sophie's World" on a bookshelf?
8. Hilde still believes that Sophie and Alberto exist on some level. What is the author's attitude toward the subject? 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. Was it odd when Sophie met Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh? Why or why not?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Characterize Major Knag. Look at his name--does the play on his name have significance? How do Hilde and Alberto indirectly characterize him? How is he directly characterized?
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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