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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. Who was mentioned in the letter Nietzsche wrote to accompany the poem?
(a) Angelica.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Maria.
(d) Bethany.

2. Nietzsche believes that an entity was created simply to encourage man to return to the workday. What is that entity?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Leisure.
(c) Sabbath.
(d) Restlessness.

3. What is the basic difference between these two groups?
(a) Self will and selflessness.
(b) Ability to take action.
(c) Longing for freedom.
(d) Preservation and sacrifice.

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

5. What tends to lead people to search for answers to the highest questions?
(a) Death.
(b) Hope.
(c) Experience.
(d) Rebirth.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Nietzsche waiting for in the poem?

4. One's virtues most likely are not the same as whose?

5. What does Nietzsche believe has been responsible for the education of the spirit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would a man's life be like if he does not possess the will to truth?

2. How does a person see vanity? Who places the value on man?

3. How does skepticism affect modern day Europe? What does the author think of skepticism in Germany?

4. What are Nietzsche's views on experience and how certain types of experience cause one to seek answers?

5. What are the dangers in the potential development of a budding philosopher?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. The author comments upon tempo and how it can be improperly translated. What is the danger in it?

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