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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. Nietzsche states that physiologists should think twice before dismissing the cardinal instinct of _________ in man.
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Spirituality.

2. Which of the following does Nietzsche refer to as being without mercy or justice?
(a) Soul.
(b) Nature.
(c) People.
(d) God.

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

4. Nietzsche states that ____________ is a well refuted theory and almost no one in the learned world attaches significance to it.
(a) Spiritual hierarchy.
(b) Transmigration.
(c) Physical transformation.
(d) Materialistic atomism.

5. Man will go to great lengths to avoid uncovering:
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Religion.
(c) Truth.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A man may consider himself to be above other men but succeeds only in becoming more ordinary if he gives up all but which of the following?

3. What group of people recognizes only what is common?

4. What attempts to impose morality upon one's character?

5. What country is the philosopher's homeland?

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