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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Free Spirit - Chapters 24-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _______ way, which Nietzsche asserts was nobler, consisted in resisting what is self-evident.
(a) Abstract.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Platonic.
(d) Romantic.

2. It is difficult for people to relate to that which is considered _____.
(a) Foreign.
(b) Incomprehensible.
(c) Strange.
(d) Evil.

3. According to this particular philosopher, man has developed the ability to create which of the following?
(a) Interim truth.
(b) A personal hell.
(c) A private universe.
(d) Synthetic judgments.

4. What is the one thing that will never cease being awkward long enough for people to understand that there are no opposites, only subtleties of gradation?
(a) Patriotism.
(b) Language.
(c) Desire.
(d) Will.

5. A drive for knowledge can be seen as a mere _________ to get where one is going.
(a) Sign.
(b) Guide.
(c) Map.
(d) Instrument.

Short Answer Questions

1. People tend to base their beliefs on which of the following?

2. What group of people recognizes only what is common?

3. In general, a man will not take on burden and responsibility without ______.

4. Nietzsche states that ____________ is a well refuted theory and almost no one in the learned world attaches significance to it.

5. What is the main reason there are so many misunderstandings in philosophy?

(see the answer key)

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