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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Every man has been enhanced through what type of society?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Tyrannical.
(c) Aristocratic.
(d) Free-willed.

4. Nietzsche says that when he is left alone, he is not entirely:
(a) Sad.
(b) Free.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Lonely.

5. It is common for friendships to change if those friendships have been made when?
(a) Youth.
(b) Middle age.
(c) In college.
(d) When dying.

6. Man was not used to accepting that there was _____ placed on him by himself, rather it was placed upon him by another.
(a) Pride.
(b) Value.
(c) Validity.
(d) Holiness.

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

8. What will take place when new friends arrive?
(a) Dirge.
(b) Feast.
(c) Bonfire.
(d) Mourning.

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

10. One's virtues most likely are not the same as whose?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Priest.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

11. Which country has the least amount of strength of will?
(a) Corsica.
(b) Britain.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

12. Who was Socrates' famous student mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Myceus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Alexander.

13. Nietzsche fears that a psychologist may easily get caught up in investigating the lives of people to the degree that he may:
(a) Suffer.
(b) Drown.
(c) Suffocate.
(d) Fly away.

14. It is considered to be a great feat if one is able to master his own what?
(a) Family.
(b) Mind.
(c) Universe.
(d) Soul.

15. The author believes that the democratization of Europe is an involuntary arrangement for the cultivation of _________.
(a) Tyrants.
(b) Followers.
(c) Serfs.
(d) Morons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Nietzsche's mind, whose music heralded the end of centuries-old European taste?

2. Who is the first composer to be mentioned in this chapter?

3. This part of society can be directly attributed to what element?

4. What is the emotion Nietzsche feels while waiting for his guest(s) to arrive?

5. What is the name of the theory that says men should overcome laughter?

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