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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that while all philosophers love their truths, the new generation will not be seen as a group of:
(a) Dogmatists.
(b) Religious fanatics.
(c) Idealists.
(d) Realists.

2. What type of formula must one make in order to categorize human religion?
(a) Formulaic.
(b) Subjective.
(c) Pious.
(d) Unemotional.

3. Nietzsche believes that man tends to view himself in what kind of light?
(a) Serious.
(b) Open.
(c) Guarded.
(d) Foolish.

4. Which branch of science is referred to as the "queen of the sciences?"
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Philosophy.

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

6. Which sector of the population cannot distinguish between finding and creating these objects?
(a) Theologians.
(b) Metaphysicists.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Priests.

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

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

9. Many people believe in the existence of which of the following:
(a) Mythology.
(b) Free will.
(c) Unfree will.
(d) Vanity.

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

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

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

13. Above all else, morality is meant to justify what?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Creator.
(c) Lifestyle.
(d) Education.

14. Value tends to be linked to what type of feelings?
(a) Broad.
(b) Specific.
(c) Unwise.
(d) Subtle.

15. The author believes that the philosopher strives to rise above what common thing?
(a) Moral fulfillment.
(b) Basic instinct.
(c) Education.
(d) A simple life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. There is no need to do be the sole protector of mankind and the earth; instead, take time to seek _________.

3. According to this particular philosopher, man has developed the ability to create which of the following?

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

5. Self-contradiction is formed through the perversion of which of the following:

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