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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Natural History of Morals - Chapters 186-203.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the definition of soul atomism?
(a) The belief that the soul is nonexistent.
(b) The belief that the soul is made up of groups of atoms.
(c) The belief that the soul is eternal and indestructible.
(d) The belief that the soul reincarnated.

2. What in man is developed late and most likely is never fully developed at all?
(a) Senses.
(b) Soul.
(c) Heart.
(d) Brain.

3. Nietzsche believes that man tends to view himself in what kind of light?
(a) Guarded.
(b) Open.
(c) Serious.
(d) Foolish.

4. Unhappiness and evil are not opposites to happy and _______.
(a) Good.
(b) Righteous.
(c) Moral.
(d) Pious.

5. The author believes that the philosopher strives to rise above what common thing?
(a) Basic instinct.
(b) A simple life.
(c) Moral fulfillment.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite the commitment to his work, the philosopher knows deep down that there is one thing that will never be found. What is it?

2. Nietzsche states that ____________ is a well refuted theory and almost no one in the learned world attaches significance to it.

3. A man may consider himself to be above other men but succeeds only in becoming more ordinary if he gives up all but which of the following?

4. Nietzsche divides the main approaches to thought into two groups. What are they?

5. There may be good things that cause shame if they intimate that one is prone to:

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