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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of person does the author refer to as being moralistic?
(a) Pedant.
(b) Child.
(c) Father.
(d) Student.

2. In Nietzsche's eyes, ______ does not always equal superiority.
(a) Martyrdom.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Hope.
(d) Spirituality.

3. Senses and ______ are two ways in which a philosopher experiences many things.
(a) Convictions.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Intuitions.
(d) Experiences.

4. The man who practices moral revenge is most likely limited in what area?
(a) Truth.
(b) Will.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Self-control.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does Nietzsche use to refer to his theories?

3. What will take place when new friends arrive?

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

5. What in man is developed late and most likely is never fully developed at all?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the dangers in the potential development of a budding philosopher?

2. What would a man's life be like if he does not possess the will to truth?

3. How does instinct change depending upon one's heritage and rank?

4. How do spiritualism and cruelty combine in the modern man?

5. How do the virtues of the modern man compare to those of old?

6. How does a philosopher marry new and old ideas and relate them to the now?

7. The author comments upon tempo and how it can be improperly translated. What is the danger in it?

8. How does a person see vanity? Who places the value on man?

9. Why is suffering seen as a noble thing in religion? What does the martyr receive in return?

10. How do the modern day thoughts on morality relate to the modern day views on science of morals?

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