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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nietzsche asserts that if one questions God, one also questions which other concept?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Soul.
(d) Devil.

2. What group of people does Nietzsche refer to as being a superstitious lot?
(a) Logicians.
(b) Physicians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Metaphysicists.

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

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

5. Which person does the author refer to as being profound?
(a) Pascal.
(b) Schelling.
(c) Kant.
(d) Socrates.

6. Despite the commitment to his work, the philosopher knows deep down that there is one thing that will never be found. What is it?
(a) Glory.
(b) Truth.
(c) Satisfaction.
(d) Logic.

7. The philosopher is convinced that one must also destroy the Christians' preliminary teaching of:
(a) Redemption.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Soul atomism.
(d) One God.

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

9. One of the topics addressed in this section is Nietzsche's opinion on conscious versus:
(a) Sleep.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Subconscious.
(d) Death.

10. Nietzsche has no regard for one segment of the population. What is it?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Theologians.
(c) Women.
(d) Other philosophers.

11. Self-contradiction is formed through the perversion of which of the following:
(a) Thought processes.
(b) Religion.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Logic.

12. Nietzsche states that one must determine the value of:
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Truth.
(c) Change.
(d) Anger.

13. In chapter one, Nietzsche introduces the concept of "will to _____."
(a) Lie.
(b) Exist.
(c) Die.
(d) Truth.

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

15. Every person, regardless of status or vocation, strives to seek which of the following:
(a) Love.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Fulfillment.
(d) Solitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nietzsche believes that a woman's approach to life is considerably more:

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

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

4. Above all else, morality is meant to justify what?

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

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