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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. Nietzsche fears if a philosopher does this, he will likely lose:
(a) Sound judgment.
(b) Interest.
(c) Hope.
(d) Drive.

2. The ___________ movement in Europe accompanies a great tremendous physiological process.
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Religious.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Tyrannical.

3. Many philosophers stop their careers, at least temporarily, in order to purse what kind of education?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Secular.
(c) Religious.
(d) Specialized.

4. What time of year is it in the poem?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. Morals are seen as a tyranny against what entity?
(a) Man.
(b) God.
(c) Nature.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. One must be careful not to commit self-denial and self-____________.

2. What piece written by that composer is Nietzsche's favorite?

3. In Nietzsche's mind, whose music heralded the end of centuries-old European taste?

4. The differences between moral and immoral are determined by what?

5. How does Nietzsche refer to the time between dusk and dawn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Once again, Nietzsche makes reference to a language barrier. What is the author's opinion?

4. What is the mood in the beginning of the poem? What is the author doing?

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

6. 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?

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

8. What is the danger in allowing oneself to indulge in "Fatherlandishness?"

9. Nietzsche is very vocal about his opinions of the church. What good does the author see in the organization?

10. What is the paradox in loving one's enemies as it is suggested in various religions?

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