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Quiz #22 Nietzsche pp. 1-14
1.
In the introduction the translator says that “the topic of the present work is the relation
between life and historical knowledge.” What are the two possible outcomes of this knowledge
according to what the translator says about Nietzsche?
a.
Deadly or helpful
b.
Part of the task of existing or philosophical
c.
Deadly or philosophical
d.
Part of the task of existing or deadly
e.
Deadly or salutary
2.
Nietzsche says “There is a degree of doing history and an estimation of it which brings with
it a withering and degenerating of life.” Which is the one best interpretation of this quote?
a.
We should always try to study history as much as possible and get as much formal
education as we can so that we can be prepared for the future.
b.
To estimate what is historical is the job of the historian and requires practice so that it does
not become too easy or too hard.
c.
Good or bad all we learn from history is that everything is relative to those who experience.
d.
There can be no end point to the amount of learning that will benefit a human life.
e.
There is a certain amount of historical study or education that is good but if you
study too much you will actually live less and this is bad.
3.
Nietzsche says that history should be:
a.
Hated because it is an unnecessary excess.
b.
Loved because of all that it shows us about human progress.
c.
Respected because of the difficulty of finding the truth in history.
d.
Honored because of the accomplishments that it illustrates.
e.
Ignored because of the failures of the past.
4.
Nietzsche states what he thinks is the key to small and great happiness, what is it?
a.
Philosophical thinking
b.
The discoveries of science
c.
Historical knowledge
d.
Pure religion
e.
Being able to forget
5.
What proposition do the “superhistorical” people accept according to Nietzsche?
a.
There can be no comparison of the progress of the present over the past
b.
The past and the present is one and the same
c.
All things flow in the course of historical understanding
d.
None can conceive of the lofty heights to which history will take us
e.
All knowing is historical knowing
Quiz #23 Nietzsche pp.14-22
1.
On page 14 Nietzsche gives three groups of two words that explain how history belongs to a
person (6 words). Which of the following is
NOT
one of the ways that history
belongs
to man?
a.
Active
b.
Striving
c.
Preserves
d.
Admires
e.
Suffers
f.
Contemplates
g.
Liberation
2.
Related to the three groups of words describing how history belongs to a person on page 14
Nietzsche says there are three corresponding “kinds of history; so far as they can be
distinguished.” What are the three kinds of history?
a.
Monumental, antiquarian, philosophical
b.
Monumental, archaic, critical
c.
Significant, antiquarian, critical
d.
Significant, archaic, philosophical
e.
Monumental, antiquarian, critical
3.
Nietzsche says “History belongs above all to the active and powerful man, to him who fights
a great fight, who requires models, teachers and comforters and cannot find them among his
associates and contemporaries” (p. 14). What does this mean?
a.
History exists as something which must be preserved and admired.
b.
Heroes in all generations stand alone as the strive to make the world a better place.
c.
Not everyone really needs history to be human.
d.
The greatest among us seek for the greatness in the past because we are not
necessarily progressing and inherently better than those who came before.
e.
None of the above.
4.
Nietzsche says, “Here there is always one danger very near: the time will finally come when
everything old and past which has not totally been lost sight of will simply be taken as
______________.” Fill in the blank.
a.
equally venerable
b.
totally worthless
c.
absolutely necessary
d.
confining
e.
magnificent
Quiz #24: Nietzsche pp. 22-32
1.
How does Nietzsche define modern culture?
a.
History grasping the penumbra of the past
b.
A kind of knowledge of culture
c.
An equilibrium stance of critique and stasis
d.
Broken as science
e.
The soaring sweep of cumulative historical expressions and desires.
2.
Nietzsche says that modern education has resulted in people becoming
______________________________
a.
Philosophers
b.
Scientists
c.
Priests of history
d.
Walking encyclopedias
e.
Entrenched in the past
3.
How does Nietzsche define ‘form’?
a.
Form is the essence of a thing
b.
Form is what makes history possible
c.
Form is convention and disguise
d.
Form is a paradoxical concept
e.
Form is spirit of an age
4.
Which of the following is
NOT
one of the five dangers of a “surfeit of history”?
a.
Our personalities and characters are weakened
b.
We become dull and inactive, unable to know the truth
c.
We think our time, our age, is the most “just” of all so we fail to see how we are unjust
d.
Our instincts are impaired to the point that we do not properly or fully mature
e.
We start to believe that we are latecomers
f.
We become overly ironic, then cynical towards our current human endeavors and constructs
and then we become weak and unable to build and/or reconstruct the world as it should be
Quiz #25: Nietzsche pp. 32-43
1.
How does Nietzsche say that historians define “objectivity”?
a.
Being unbiased towards chronological human events
b.
Seeing all past as progression to a high point in the historical now
c.
Evaluating all past events against equal standards independent of time, location, culture,
religion, science and philosophy
d.
It is to separate themselves from history which is impossible
e.
Measuring past opinions and deeds by the common opinions of the moment
2.
“Socrates took it to be a malady approaching insanity to imagine that one possesses a virtue
when one does not possess it: and certainly such imagination is more dangerous than the
opposite delusion of suffering from a shortcoming, from a vice. For through this delusion it is
perhaps still possible to become better; the former imagination, however, will daily make a man
or an age worse…” (p.32). Which of the following
best
summarizes this quote?
a.
The vice of thinking you know what you do not know is worse than any other vice.
b.
Socrates was insane because he thought knowing what you don’t know is wisdom.
c.
Applying virtue leads to vice.
d.
All vicious behavior is the result of some supposed virtue.
e.
What makes a person better will always make everyone else better as well.
3.
What does Nietzsche say is the consequence or purpose of “the whole noisy
pseudo-education of our time” (p. 38)? As always, pick the one
best
answer.
a.
Making us perfect in every possible way
b.
Teaching us all of the facts of history so that we can become masters
c.
Preventing our maturity in order to rule and exploit
d.
Showing us the wrong way to be
e.
To wrench us from our belief and bring us down to our true natures
4.
Which of the following does Nietzsche state?
a.
If justice alone rules, then the creative instinct is enfeebled and discouraged
b.
Objectivity, then, is the key to understanding our relation to truth
c.
What cannot be known can be understood only through experiments
d.
To heap up glory for oneself, that is the mission of the superhistorical
e.
Coming to the end and knowing that it is only the beginning of more and more
5.
“The historical sense, if it rules
without restraint
and unfolds all its implications, uproots the
future because it destroys illusions and robs existing things of their atmosphere in which alone
they can live”. Which of the following best explains this quote?
a.
If we study history we should study it deeply and profoundly so that our historical
understanding can become perfect insofar as it is capable of situating us in our time.
b.
If we study history too much and follow the essence of historical understanding too
deeply we will not be able to live a full human life.
c.
If we understand the study of history to be a necessity then we will see that only by a
complete study of history can we know its worth.
d.
If we study history it is impossible to restrain the consequences of what we learn from it.
e.
A true historical sense is impossible since it would negate human life and thus there would
be nobody to study history.
Quiz #27: Nietzsche
1.
Which of the following is
NOT
one of the three imperatives Nietzsche gives?
a.
origin must be understood historically
b.
philosophical history is dynamic intervention
c.
history must dissolve the problem of history
d.
knowledge must turn its sting against itself
e.
None of these options
2.
Nietzsche says that Ancient Greek culture, unlike modern western culture is an “unhistorical
culture.” What does he say is the result of this for ancient Greek culture?
a.
Bankrupt and immoral, bereft of fulfillment and sanctity.
b.
Unspeakably rich and full of life.
c.
Having reached is apotheosis it is sagaciously fulfilled.
d.
Being unhistorical makes the Greeks vile examples.
e.
The unhistoricity of Greek culture is complicit with our fascination for them.
3.
Nietzsche says “The austere, deeply serious observation concerning the valuelessness of all
that has been, concerning the ripeness of the world for judgment has dispersed itself into the
skeptical consciousness that at any rate it is good to known all that has been since it is too late
to do something better.” Which of the following does
NOT
relate to this quote?
a.
There is no hope for humanity
b.
Religion and a belief in God is wrong
c.
Cold War paranoia of the mid-20
th
century
d.
Y2K (total collapse due to dates used in all computer programming before 1999)
e.
Global warming
4.
Nietzsche says that “history is a disguised ____________”
a.
Love
b.
Theology
c.
Science
d.
Philosophy
e.
Logic
Pragmatism
Lecture I
1.
Who is the author?
a.
Nietzsche
b.
Plato
c.
Kant
d.
James
e.
None of the above
2.
Which of the following best characterizes the “tender-minded”?
a.
Philosophical
b.
Male-dominated
c.
Rationalism
d.
Empiricism
e.
None of the above
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