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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. What country is the philosopher's homeland?
(a) Russia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Israel.
(d) Germany.

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

3. The philosopher questions what might be achieved through the use or absence of which of the following?
(a) Innate knowledge.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Myth.
(d) Self-will.

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) Desire.
(c) Language.
(d) Will.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Some people still believe in immediate certainties and ______.

3. Nietzsche believes that we are, at our base selves, commanding and obeying __________.

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

5. Every person, regardless of status or vocation, strives to seek which of the following:

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