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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which emotion does Nietzsche refer to as being pathetic?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Piety.
(c) Desperateness.
(d) Pity.

2. What is another way to describe how Nietzsche uses the term "Fatherlandishness?"
(a) Blind faith.
(b) Expatriatism.
(c) Disdain.
(d) Patriotism.

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

4. The author compares the moral sentiments of what region to the rest of the world?
(a) Europe.
(b) Egypt.
(c) United States.
(d) Africa.

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

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

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

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

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

10. According to the author, the German soul was once considered to be:
(a) Profound.
(b) Omnipresent.
(c) Indestructible.
(d) Fruitful.

11. Through a monstrous mix of races, the German people have become all but which one of the following?
(a) Contradictory.
(b) Confused.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Incalculable.

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

13. The differences between moral and immoral are determined by what?
(a) Degrees of morality.
(b) Levels of opinion.
(c) The church.
(d) Shades of gray.

14. It is most likely that even in a modern age, one may still possess which of the following:
(a) Virtues.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Morals.
(d) Judgments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It is common for friendships to change if those friendships have been made when?

2. Who was mentioned in the letter Nietzsche wrote to accompany the poem?

3. Which country has the least amount of strength of will?

4. Nietzsche points to the various German factions, including the Christian romantic movement and others including which of the following?

5. Industrious cultures find it difficult to partake in what pastime?

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