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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will take place when new friends arrive?
(a) Dirge.
(b) Bonfire.
(c) Mourning.
(d) Feast.

2. Which emotion does Nietzsche refer to as being pathetic?
(a) Pity.
(b) Desperateness.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Piety.

3. One's virtues most likely are not the same as whose?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Priest.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

4. What piece written by that composer is Nietzsche's favorite?
(a) Overture to the Meistersinger.
(b) The Magic Flute.
(c) Don Giovanni.
(d) Ode to Joy.

5. Which country has the least amount of strength of will?
(a) Corsica.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britain.

6. Nietzsche fears that a psychologist may easily get caught up in investigating the lives of people to the degree that he may:
(a) Drown.
(b) Suffocate.
(c) Fly away.
(d) Suffer.

7. What time of year is it in the poem?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

8. Which of the ancient philosophical and theological issues is addressed by Nietzsche?
(a) Faith versus knowledge.
(b) True opposites.
(c) Good versus evil.
(d) Purgatory.

9. The author laments that the theories of his time have come to reach what point in their lives?
(a) End.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Evening.
(d) Mid-morning.

10. Which composer does Nietzsche refer to as being the interlude of the mellow old soul?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Prokofiev.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Schumann.

11. This part of society can be directly attributed to what element?
(a) Passion.
(b) Will.
(c) Scrutiny.
(d) Evil.

12. Morals are seen as a tyranny against what entity?
(a) Nature.
(b) Man.
(c) God.
(d) Earth.

13. One must be careful not to commit self-denial and self-____________.
(a) Flagellation.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Will.
(d) Effacement.

14. What is the name of the theory that says men should overcome laughter?
(a) Olympian Vice.
(b) Sainthood.
(c) Martyrdom.
(d) Self flagellation.

15. What does Nietzsche believe has been responsible for the education of the spirit?
(a) Necessity.
(b) Morality.
(c) Inventiveness.
(d) Stupidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Philosophers must be careful and take caution against what emotion?

2. What is another way to describe how Nietzsche uses the term "Fatherlandishness?"

3. One who has suffered profoundly tends to maintain what characteristic?

4. Industrious cultures find it difficult to partake in what pastime?

5. What tends to lead people to search for answers to the highest questions?

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