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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: On The Prejudices of Philosophers - Chapters 11-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. One of the topics addressed in this section is Nietzsche's opinion on conscious versus:
(a) Instinct.
(b) Death.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Subconscious.

4. In talking about deception, Nietzsche also makes reference to what type of perspective?
(a) Circumstantial.
(b) Obvious.
(c) Provisional.
(d) Skewed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Nietzsche says that it is not necessary to get rid of the soul, however one must allow for its:

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

4. The philosopher is convinced that one must also destroy the Christians' preliminary teaching of:

5. Which sector of the population cannot distinguish between finding and creating these objects?

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