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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. What are some things the writer believes man will never discover?
(a) Certain laws of nature.
(b) Justification for revenge.
(c) True happiness.
(d) The meaning of life.

2. How big does the writer state his rational capacity is compared to his capacity to live?
(a) 1/5th
(b) They are equal.
(c) 1/20th.
(d) 1/10th

3. What does the writer compare his writings to?
(a) The moan of a man with a toothache.
(b) The Waganheims.
(c) The man faced with the wall.
(d) The mouse.

4. How does the writer describe the current state of the world?
(a) A negative time.
(b) A time of vengeance.
(c) A time of forgiveness.
(d) A positive time.

5. What does the writer say man is in the eyes of nature?
(a) The enemy.
(b) Piano keys.
(c) Pawns.
(d) Innocent bystanders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer say about the man who groans from a toothache for more than three or four days?

2. Who does the writer state is the only one who knows what desire depends on?

3. How many times has the writer fallen in love?

4. What type of death does the writer say would be a delight?

5. What does the writer state would be his primary cause for any action?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the writer quit working?

2. The writer states the continual fighting seen throughout the ages is a display of what character flaw of man?

3. In a discussion about his illness, the writer talks about his superstitions. What is he superstitious about and what does he say about these superstitions?

4. What does the writer's self description tell the reader about this character?

5. The writer refers to the "beautiful and sublime". What exactly is this in reference to?

6. How does the writer continue to explain a man of action's seemingly dull-witted actions and justifications?

7. Who does the writer state is the antithesis of a normal person?

8. Discuss the writer's profession and his feelings about his work.

9. What does the writer think will happen if scientists find a formula that predicts where desires originate?

10. How does the writer turn a negative characteristic such as laziness into a positive characteristic?

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