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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) What parents teach.
(b) Instinct.
(c) What is taught in church.
(d) What they see.

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

3. Philosophy is not so much an actual _______, rather it is man's recognition of what is already known.
(a) Discovery.
(b) Epiphany.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Shock.

4. Which branch of science is referred to as the "queen of the sciences?"
(a) Psychology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Psychiatry.

5. In chapter one, Nietzsche introduces the concept of "will to _____."
(a) Lie.
(b) Truth.
(c) Exist.
(d) Die.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The philosopher questions what might be achieved through the use or absence of which of the following?

3. There is no need to do be the sole protector of mankind and the earth; instead, take time to seek _________.

4. According to Nietzsche, it is important that man take time to embrace _____.

5. The author states the belief that everything comes from which source?

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