1. Who was Plato's teacher?
HeraclitusAristotleSocratesDemocritus
2. Who was Aristotle's teacher?
ParmenidesSocratesAnaxagorasPlato
3. Who founded existentialism?
KierkegaardSartreFreudDarwin
4. Who is Hilde's father?
AlbertoHermesJeremyAlbert
5. Who considered freedom a burden?
AquinasSartreAugustineAlberto
6. Where was Hilde's father stationed?
IsraelSaudi ArabiaIraqLebanon
7. Who does Hilde's father work for?
The Norwegian governmentThe United NationsThe Central Intelligence AgencyGreenpeace
8. What is Alberto's dog's name?
ThorBeauvoirAristotleHermes
9. Where is Alberto in the videotape he gives to Sophie?
AthensParisRomeOslo
10. Who believed in a world of ideas?
KantHumePlatoKierkegaard
11. Who believed it is possible that we exist only in God's mind?
DescartesAristotleNewtonBerkeley
12. Who believed the world conforms to our mind?
KantAquinasPlatoDescartes
13. When did the idea of returning to nature become popular?
The Middle AgesThe BaroqueThe RenaissanceThe Enlightenment
14. Who is famous for doubting?
LockeHumeDescartesSpinoza
15. Who felt that philosophy needed to be practical?
MarxDarwinAquinasPlato
16. Who believed that people act according to their feelings, not their reason?
KantAristotleHumeSartre
17. What is the name of Sophie's best friend?
HannahJoannaHildeAlbert
18. Who argues that religion is a matter of either believing or not?
KierkegaardLockeHumeSartre
19. Who developed the theory of natural selection?
FreudMarxAquinasDarwin
20. What period was characterized by an emphasis on humanism?
The BaroqueThe EnlightenmentThe RenaissanceThe Middle Ages
21. Who focused on the world spirit?
MarxDarwinFreudHegel
22. Where did Socrates live?
SpartaRomeAthensCrete
23. Who believed material forces shape history?
SartreMarxKierkegaardKant
24. Who "Christianized" Aristotle?
AquinasAugustineLockeHume
25. Where does the book take place?
AmericaGreeceSwitzerlandNorwa