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

2. Schelling referred to intellectual intuition as being a "faculty of the _________."
(a) Imbecile.
(b) Suprasensible.
(c) Incomprehensible.
(d) Active mind.

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

4. Which item is reserved only for a few because it is the privilege of the strong and unattainable for the weak?
(a) Self-will.
(b) Self-sufficiency.
(c) Success.
(d) Independence.

5. A certain group of people believes that a thought comes when it wants to come, not when a/an:
(a) Tide rises.
(b) Soul speaks.
(c) Trigger is present.
(d) Individual wishes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to this particular philosopher, man has developed the ability to create which of the following?

3. Nietzsche discusses how to value oneself along with valuing which of the following:

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

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

(see the answer key)

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