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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man who has suffered profoundly also believes that through suffering, one is able to gain ______.
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Favor.
(c) Holiness.
(d) Karma.

2. In what location does the majority of the poem take place?
(a) Ocean.
(b) Mountainside.
(c) Garden.
(d) Lounge.

3. What body of water is mentioned in the poem?
(a) Ocean.
(b) Stream.
(c) River.
(d) Brook.

4. The new age throughout Europe has spawned a new strain of which school of thought?
(a) Consideration.
(b) Pure faith.
(c) Religious freedom.
(d) Skepticism.

5. What is a most difficult thing to be understood by a man that is noble?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Faithlessness.
(c) Servitude.
(d) Sacrifice.

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

7. In Nietzsche's eyes, ______ does not always equal superiority.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Hope.
(c) Martyrdom.
(d) Commitment.

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

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

10. What is the name of the book's translator?
(a) Kaufmann.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Claus.
(d) Kuntz.

11. What is the one thing that will allow man to gain strength?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Faith.
(c) Experience.
(d) Study.

12. What is the basic difference between these two groups?
(a) Longing for freedom.
(b) Ability to take action.
(c) Preservation and sacrifice.
(d) Self will and selflessness.

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

14. Another example of tyranny can be seen through personal experiences under what umbrella?
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) God.
(c) Will.
(d) Truth.

15. Who was mentioned in the letter Nietzsche wrote to accompany the poem?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Angelica.
(c) Maria.
(d) Bethany.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is most likely that even in a modern age, one may still possess which of the following:

2. What in man is developed late and most likely is never fully developed at all?

3. The author compares the moral sentiments of what region to the rest of the world?

4. If a woman attempts to prove something for the sake of womankind, the author states that she has corrupted what?

5. How does Nietzsche refer to the time between dusk and dawn?

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