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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. The authors believe that which group is not honest enough?
(a) Upper class.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Clergymen.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Nietzsche believes that we are, at our base selves, commanding and obeying __________.
(a) Sheep.
(b) Minions.
(c) Creatures.
(d) Guinea pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _______ way, which Nietzsche asserts was nobler, consisted in resisting what is self-evident.

2. Nietzsche insists that a refutable theory is one that has not lost its:

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

4. Nietzsche states that philosophies are often formed through various individual things. Which is not on the list mentioned in the text?

5. In talking about deception, Nietzsche also makes reference to what type of perspective?

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