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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Natural History of Morals - Chapters 186-203.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which philosopher is referenced in this section in regard to creativity versus morality?
(a) Sartre.
(b) Kierkegaard.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Kant.

2. Another example of tyranny can be seen through personal experiences under what umbrella?
(a) Truth.
(b) Self-preservation.
(c) Will.
(d) God.

3. According to the text, which refutable theory has been challenged a hundred times?
(a) Fate.
(b) Free will.
(c) Divine intervention.
(d) Chaos.

4. Nietzsche states that physiologists should think twice before dismissing the cardinal instinct of _________ in man.
(a) Hatred.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Self-preservation.

5. Nietzsche believes that if the explanation were possible then which of the following could be traced back to it?
(a) Birth of religion.
(b) Invention of philosophy.
(c) Origin of man.
(d) Organic functions.

Short Answer Questions

1. When one desires an object the actual interest relates to:

2. Socrates was known to mock which group of people?

3. Above all else, morality is meant to justify what?

4. Man is considered to be what kind of creature?

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

(see the answer key)

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