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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Free Spirit - Chapters 36-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many of these scientists, according to Nietzsche, mistakenly believe that value is the opposite of which of the following?
(a) Trust.
(b) Nothingness.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Faith.

2. What group of people tends to be the least communicative?
(a) Free spirits.
(b) Poets.
(c) Logicians.
(d) Academicians.

3. Nietzsche believes that this created state is born out of:
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Study.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Dedication.

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

5. Unhappiness and evil are not opposites to happy and _______.
(a) Moral.
(b) Pious.
(c) Righteous.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Nietzsche refer to as being without mercy or justice?

2. Nietzsche states that philosophy is much like a confession from its author. Instead of acting as a drive for knowledge, it can be considered as a/an:

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

4. Nietzsche states that physiologists should think twice before dismissing the cardinal instinct of _________ in man.

5. People will often take great pains to hide what is delicate and personal, even if it means which of the following:

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