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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Free Spirit - Chapters 24-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _______ way, which Nietzsche asserts was nobler, consisted in resisting what is self-evident.
(a) Abstract.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Platonic.

2. According to this particular philosopher, man has developed the ability to create which of the following?
(a) Synthetic judgments.
(b) Interim truth.
(c) A personal hell.
(d) A private universe.

3. It is difficult for people to relate to that which is considered _____.
(a) Foreign.
(b) Evil.
(c) Incomprehensible.
(d) Strange.

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

5. According to Nietzsche, it is important that man take time to embrace _____.
(a) Nature.
(b) Uniqueness.
(c) Misery.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is no need to do be the sole protector of mankind and the earth; instead, take time to seek _________.

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

3. Schelling referred to intellectual intuition as being a "faculty of the _________."

4. Nietzsche believes there are attempts being made to divert attention away from what philosopher?

5. According to the text, which refutable theory has been challenged a hundred times?

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