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Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder

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Who was Plato's teacher?

(A) Heraclitus

(B) Aristotle

(C) Socrates

(D) Democritus

Who was Aristotle's teacher?

(A) Parmenides

(B) Socrates

(C) Anaxagoras

(D) Plato

Who founded existentialism?

(A) Kierkegaard

(B) Sartre

(C) Freud

(D) Darwin

Who is Hilde's father?

(A) Alberto

(B) Hermes

(C) Jeremy

(D) Albert

Who considered freedom a burden?

(A) Aquinas

(B) Sartre

(C) Augustine

(D) Alberto

Where was Hilde's father stationed?

(A) Israel

(B) Saudi Arabia

(C) Iraq

(D) Lebanon

Who does Hilde's father work for?

(A) The Norwegian government

(B) The United Nations

(C) The Central Intelligence Agency

(D) Greenpeace

What is Alberto's dog's name?

(A) Thor

(B) Beauvoir

(C) Aristotle

(D) Hermes

Where is Alberto in the videotape he gives to Sophie?

(A) Athens

(B) Paris

(C) Rome

(D) Oslo

Who believed in a world of ideas?

(A) Kant

(B) Hume

(C) Plato

(D) Kierkegaard

Who believed it is possible that we exist only in God's mind?

(A) Descartes

(B) Aristotle

(C) Newton

(D) Berkeley

Who believed the world conforms to our mind?

(A) Kant

(B) Aquinas

(C) Plato

(D) Descartes

When did the idea of returning to nature become popular?

(A) The Middle Ages

(B) The Baroque

(C) The Renaissance

(D) The Enlightenment

Who is famous for doubting?

(A) Locke

(B) Hume

(C) Descartes

(D) Spinoza

Who felt that philosophy needed to be practical?

(A) Marx

(B) Darwin

(C) Aquinas

(D) Plato

Who believed that people act according to their feelings, not their reason?

(A) Kant

(B) Aristotle

(C) Hume

(D) Sartre

What is the name of Sophie's best friend?

(A) Hannah

(B) Joanna

(C) Hilde

(D) Albert

Who argues that religion is a matter of either believing or not?

(A) Kierkegaard

(B) Locke

(C) Hume

(D) Sartre

Who developed the theory of natural selection?

(A) Freud

(B) Marx

(C) Aquinas

(D) Darwin

What period was characterized by an emphasis on humanism?

(A) The Baroque

(B) The Enlightenment

(C) The Renaissance

(D) The Middle Ages

Who focused on the world spirit?

(A) Marx

(B) Darwin

(C) Freud

(D) Hegel

Where did Socrates live?

(A) Sparta

(B) Rome

(C) Athens

(D) Crete

Who believed material forces shape history?

(A) Sartre

(B) Marx

(C) Kierkegaard

(D) Kant

Who "Christianized" Aristotle?

(A) Aquinas

(B) Augustine

(C) Locke

(D) Hume

Where does the book take place?

(A) America

(B) Greece

(C) Switzerland

(D) Norway

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