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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nietzsche has no regard for one segment of the population. What is it?
(a) Theologians.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Women.
(d) Other philosophers.

2. Nietzsche states that ____________ is a well refuted theory and almost no one in the learned world attaches significance to it.
(a) Transmigration.
(b) Materialistic atomism.
(c) Spiritual hierarchy.
(d) Physical transformation.

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?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Society.
(c) God.
(d) The world.

4. One of the topics addressed in this section is Nietzsche's opinion on conscious versus:
(a) Instinct.
(b) Subconscious.
(c) Death.
(d) Sleep.

5. There is no need to do be the sole protector of mankind and the earth; instead, take time to seek _________.
(a) Joy.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Accomplishment.
(d) Solitude.

6. Nietzsche insists that a refutable theory is one that has not lost its:
(a) Charm.
(b) Point.
(c) Logic.
(d) Whimsy.

7. Man will go to great lengths to avoid uncovering:
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Truth.
(c) Religion.
(d) Will.

8. Some people still believe in immediate certainties and ______.
(a) Promise of the future.
(b) Distant uncertainties.
(c) Immediate results.
(d) Absolute knowledge.

9. Nietzsche asserts that if one questions God, one also questions which other concept?
(a) Soul.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Devil.
(d) Reincarnation.

10. Nietzsche discusses how to value oneself along with valuing which of the following:
(a) Society.
(b) God.
(c) Parents.
(d) Children.

11. 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.

12. Man is considered to be what kind of creature?
(a) Contradictory.
(b) Solid.
(c) Moral.
(d) Free spirited.

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

14. The author states the belief that everything comes from which source?
(a) Outer space.
(b) Internal will.
(c) Self.
(d) Higher being.

15. Nietzsche considers psychologists to have a large amount of which trait?
(a) Rudeness.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Analytical.
(d) Cautioness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A barbaric type of faith requires a sacrifice and suicide of:

3. In order to be able to gather a great deal of information one must possess which quality?

4. What group of people does Nietzsche refer to as being a superstitious lot?

5. Many of these scientists, according to Nietzsche, mistakenly believe that value is the opposite of which of the following?

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