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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man who practices moral revenge is most likely limited in what area?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Will.
(d) Self-control.

2. How does Nietzsche refer to the time between dusk and dawn?
(a) Exodus.
(b) Birth.
(c) Wedding.
(d) Transformation.

3. One who has suffered profoundly tends to maintain what characteristic?
(a) Fear.
(b) Haughtiness.
(c) Grief.
(d) Reverence.

4. Nietzsche frequently blames misunderstandings upon the difference in the _____ of the language.
(a) Use.
(b) Definition.
(c) Tempo.
(d) Inflection.

5. Industrious cultures find it difficult to partake in what pastime?
(a) Leisure.
(b) Sports.
(c) Thought.
(d) Prayer.

6. Some cultures attempt to mediate between which two groups?
(a) Father and son.
(b) Moral and immoral.
(c) Slave and master.
(d) Educated and uneducated.

7. Nietzsche refers to the "new European" as being what?
(a) Hybrid.
(b) Refreshing.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Advanced.

8. In Nietzsche's mind, whose music heralded the end of centuries-old European taste?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Tchaikovsky.
(c) Bach.
(d) Beethoven.

9. In the past men have often treated women like what kind of rare creature?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Nymphs.
(d) Fairies.

10. Regardless of a man's nature, it is impossible to erase from his soul the influence of what?
(a) Parents.
(b) Ancestors.
(c) Religion.
(d) Culture.

11. What type of person does the author refer to as being moralistic?
(a) Father.
(b) Child.
(c) Student.
(d) Pedant.

12. Who puts himself into a dangerous situation when studying both ordinary and extraordinary people?
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Psychologist.
(c) Missionary.
(d) Clergyman.

13. If a woman attempts to prove something for the sake of womankind, the author states that she has corrupted what?
(a) Brain.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Instincts.
(d) Duties.

14. What does Nietzsche believe has been responsible for the education of the spirit?
(a) Necessity.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Inventiveness.
(d) Morality.

15. Nietzsche fears if a philosopher does this, he will likely lose:
(a) Interest.
(b) Sound judgment.
(c) Hope.
(d) Drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will take place when new friends arrive?

2. In what location does the majority of the poem take place?

3. The author laments that the theories of his time have come to reach what point in their lives?

4. One's virtues most likely are not the same as whose?

5. What was the name of the god praised by Nietzsche?

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