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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Will.
(d) Language.

2. According to Nietzsche, it is important that man take time to embrace _____.
(a) Nature.
(b) Misery.
(c) Uniqueness.
(d) Freedom.

3. A person's responsibility extends into many areas except for which one?
(a) Heritage.
(b) Religion.
(c) Politics.
(d) Society.

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

5. Nietzsche believes that a woman's approach to life is considerably more:
(a) Deep.
(b) Primal.
(c) Advanced.
(d) Peculiar.

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

7. When one desires an object the actual interest relates to:
(a) Completion.
(b) The journey.
(c) The object.
(d) Desire.

8. 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?
(a) The world.
(b) God.
(c) Society.
(d) Relationships.

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

10. What is no longer compatible to faith?
(a) Hope.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Fear.

11. People will often take great pains to hide what is delicate and personal, even if it means which of the following:
(a) Being shunned.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Rudeness.
(d) Insubordination.

12. There are many things that hide behind a mask according to Nietzsche. Which one is mentioned in the text?
(a) Evil.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Piety.
(d) Ego.

13. Which of the following is not tied to religious neurosis:
(a) Sexual abstinence.
(b) Fasting.
(c) Tithing.
(d) Dietary restriction.

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

15. What attempts to impose morality upon one's character?
(a) Self-will.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pride.
(d) Prejudice.

Short Answer Questions

1. There may be good things that cause shame if they intimate that one is prone to:

2. Catholicism has a much stronger tie to what other race?

3. Man is considered to be what kind of creature?

4. 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:

5. It is a part of human nature for one to rearrange his own memory in order to avoid ____.

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