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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Defining a philosopher is a difficult task. To do so, one must be able to show that he has:
(a) Experience.
(b) Honor.
(c) Education.
(d) Will.

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

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

7. Socrates was known to mock which group of people?
(a) Senate.
(b) Gods.
(c) Royal court.
(d) Athenians.

8. Which philosopher is referenced in this section in regard to creativity versus morality?
(a) Kierkegaard.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Kant.

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

10. Philosophers must be careful and take caution against what emotion?
(a) Love.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Fear.
(d) Respect.

11. One should be concerned about the dangerous aspects of a man who claims not to be which of the following?
(a) Skeptic.
(b) Convinced.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Honorable.

12. What word does Nietzsche use to refer to his theories?
(a) Snippets.
(b) Children.
(c) Pets.
(d) Morsels.

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

14. A person may eventually grow tired of what part of his opinion?
(a) Clarity.
(b) Objectivity.
(c) Limitedness.
(d) Subjectivity.

15. It is also crucial for different cultures to understand one another's:
(a) Faith.
(b) Expression.
(c) History.
(d) Impression.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The ___________ movement in Europe accompanies a great tremendous physiological process.

3. Nietzsche says that when he is left alone, he is not entirely:

4. Who puts himself into a dangerous situation when studying both ordinary and extraordinary people?

5. Some say there are two types of genius: one who strives to accomplish, achieve, and possess; the other is content with what?

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