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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What country is the philosopher's homeland?
(a) Canada.
(b) Israel.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

5. Self-contradiction also involves which of the following emotions?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) Envy.
(d) Pride.

6. Just because something is true does not mean that it ceases to be _________.
(a) False.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Questionable.
(d) Harmful.

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

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

9. Some people still believe in immediate certainties and ______.
(a) Absolute knowledge.
(b) Distant uncertainties.
(c) Immediate results.
(d) Promise of the future.

10. The psychologist seeks to dive into what important entity?
(a) Soul.
(b) Religion.
(c) Mire.
(d) Gray matter.

11. It is difficult for people to relate to that which is considered _____.
(a) Strange.
(b) Evil.
(c) Foreign.
(d) Incomprehensible.

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

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

14. A false judgment is not necessarily ______ to a person's mind.
(a) Obvious.
(b) False.
(c) Offensive.
(d) Objectionable.

15. Man's view of himself may cause him to have to do what?
(a) Lie.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Follow.
(d) Falter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The _______ way, which Nietzsche asserts was nobler, consisted in resisting what is self-evident.

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

4. Nietzsche believes that things occur in accordance with the strength of what object?

5. 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?

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