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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the text, which refutable theory has been challenged a hundred times?
(a) Fate.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Free will.
(d) Divine intervention.

2. It is difficult for people to relate to that which is considered _____.
(a) Evil.
(b) Strange.
(c) Foreign.
(d) Incomprehensible.

3. What is a word that means something that comes in between?
(a) Typology.
(b) Interlude.
(c) Interior.
(d) Elipsis.

4. In many cases philosophers may prefer a handful of certainties to which of the following?
(a) Universe of possibilities.
(b) World full of promise.
(c) Bundles od speculation.
(d) Cadre of assumptions.

5. Which person does the author refer to as being profound?
(a) Pascal.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Schelling.
(d) Kant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nietzsche states that philosophies are often formed through various individual things. Which is not on the list mentioned in the text?

2. According to Nietzsche, it is important that man take time to embrace _____.

3. What type of formula must one make in order to categorize human religion?

4. What group of people does Nietzsche refer to as being a superstitious lot?

5. Just because something is true does not mean that it ceases to be _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the concept behind Nietzsche's BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL.

2. Why does Nietzsche believe that there are attempts being made to divert attention from Kant's influence on German philosophy?

3. Nietzsche gives an overview of several cultures and religions. What are his views?

4. What is the author's opinion on the language barrier?

5. There is a great deal of talk about morality. What is Nietzsche's opinion on morality?

6. How does Nietzsche refer to Logicians?

7. What does the author reveal as being a part of one's personal confession?

8. Is there a difference between the moral and intellectual set of philosophies?

9. Nietzsche breaches an age old question about God and the devil. What is it?

10. What is the the "faculty of the suprasensible?" Who coined the term?

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