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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates was known to mock which group of people?

2. What is another way to describe how Nietzsche uses the term "Fatherlandishness?"

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

4. Virtues most likely relate directly to what type of inclinations?

5. Which emotion does Nietzsche refer to as being pathetic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is leisure an issue for some cultures? How has leisure been forced upon society?

2. What is the author's opinion on morality as it relates to nature?

3. The book's translator shares a story about the first known copy of "Aftersong." Where was it? How was it different than the later versions?

4. How do the virtues of the modern man compare to those of old?

5. How does Nietzsche explain the master morality and the slave morality?

6. How does a philosopher marry new and old ideas and relate them to the now?

7. How do spiritualism and cruelty combine in the modern man?

8. Despite all other things, there are some virtues retained by man that cannot be disputed. What are they?

9. Why must a psychologist take care when investigating various people?

10. How does instinct change depending upon one's heritage and rank?

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