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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Free Spirit - Chapters 36-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. People tend to base their beliefs on which of the following?
(a) Instinct.
(b) What they see.
(c) What parents teach.
(d) What is taught in church.

3. There may be good things that cause shame if they intimate that one is prone to:
(a) Modesty.
(b) Evil.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Falseness.

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

5. In many cases philosophers may prefer a handful of certainties to which of the following?
(a) Cadre of assumptions.
(b) Universe of possibilities.
(c) Bundles od speculation.
(d) World full of promise.

Short Answer Questions

1. A drive for knowledge can be seen as a mere _________ to get where one is going.

2. Every person, regardless of status or vocation, strives to seek which of the following:

3. The authors believe that which group is not honest enough?

4. The philosopher questions what might be achieved through the use or absence of which of the following?

5. People often cannot recognize philosophies of other:

(see the answer key)

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