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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Friedrich Nietzsche.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nietzsche claim that morality and theology must be reconstructed?
(a) to upgrade the language
(b) to make it more appealing
(c) to give it more importance
(d) to fit the growth of evolutionary theory

2. What method do all the fields of study--science, discipline, art and music--use in common?
(a) the art of logic
(b) repetition of basics
(c) rote memorization
(d) questions and answers

3. What, according to Spinoza, is scripture intended to promote?
(a) devotion rather than to reason
(b) reason over superstition
(c) literature rather than science
(d) clarity rather than confusion

4. Who are Francis Bacon's relative that cause it to be said that his political career began at his birth in 1561?
(a) leaders of the Church of England
(b) aristocrats from Spain and the Netherlands
(c) pretenders to the English throne
(d) well-placed English aristocrats

5. How does Schopenhauer develop his blunt manner, realistic mind, and knowledge of the world and of men?
(a) his informal education
(b) his time in the military
(c) his exposure to business
(d) his frequent travels

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose of Buddhism does Schopenhauer say is superior to Christianity?

2. What does Kant say divides man into sects that does not join them together?

3. By the thirteenth century A. D., how does the Church unite the European continent?

4. Like Aristotle, what does Bacon see needs to be removed to avoid revolution?

5. What effect does Immanuel Kant's work have when it is published in 1781?

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