| General |
- Have you read both "Sophie's World" and "Sofies verden"?
- Do Sophie and Sofie share the same world or are their worlds overlapping but different?
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| Chapter 1: |
- What colour is Sophie's hair?
- Does it matter?
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| Chapter 3: |
- Is Asgard part of Midgard?
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| Chapter 6: |
- Does Sophie invite Alberto to come for coffee when her mother is at home or not at home?
- Does Sophie sleep in pajamas or a nightdress?
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| Chapter 15: |
- When does Sophie meet Alberto in the old church?
- What is the significance of the appointed time?
- Does 'the Dark Ages' refer to the same period as 'the Middle Ages'?
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| Chapter 16: |
- What forces are operating on Alberto's marble?
- Does he fully understand the laws of physics?
- Has he never heard of the Parallelogram of Forces?
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| Chapter 31: |
- Why is the passage on 'Freudian traumas' omitted from the American version?
- Is this an example of a 'Freudian slip'?
- Do Norwegians sleep 10 - 15 hours a night?
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| Chapter 32: |
- Is Sophie right to call Alberto a 'fjompenisse'?
- Do you agree with Sophie that humanity is 'finally becoming civilised'?
- Why is a paragraph on feminism omitted from the American version?
- Is there 'something basically wrong with Western thought'?
- Is science 'facing a paradigm shift'?
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| Chapter 33: |
- Why does Alberto abandon Hermes?
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| Chapter 34: |
- Pulling a white rabbit out of a top hat is an impressive trick, but who can pull a city district out of a log cabin?
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| Chapter 35: |
- Is inertia a force?
- Did the universe begin?
- Will it end?
- Who, according to Alberto, has 'special / unusual talents': Hilde or Sophie?
- Does this episode with the wrench point to future developments in the girls' contrapuntal lives?
- Is "Sophie's World" an Unfinished Symphony?
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