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Genealogy of Morals

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Preface

First Essay, Sections 1-9

First Essay, Sections 10-12

First Essay, Sections 13-17

Second Essay, Sections 1-7

Second Essay, Sections 8-15

Second Essay, Sections 16-25

Third Essay, Sections 1-10

Third Essay, Sections 11-14

Third Essay, Sections 15-22

Third Essay, Sections 23-28

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Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Nietzsche

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What did Nietzsche, at thirteen, identify as the origin of morality?

(A) Darwin

(B) God

(D) The slave

What, according to Nietzsche, should we have read before reading The Genealogy of Morals?

(A) The Bible

(B) The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin

(D) All Nietzsche's previous books

Nietzsche notes a similarity between the word "bad" and all these other words EXCEPT

(A) Charity

(B) Poverty

(D) Illness

Nietzsche notes a similarity between the word "good" and all these other words EXCEPT

(A) Love

(B) Power

(D) War

Which of the following do the English psychologists identify as the source of our concept of "good"?

(A) Power

(B) Hatred

(D) Love

What does Nietzsche deem to be the greatest creation of slave morality?

(A) Ressentiment

(B) Judaism

(D) The "blonde beast"

What concept stands at the foundation of slave morality in contrast to which all other concepts follow?

(A) Evil

(B) Good

(D) Jesus as Savior

Who is the ultimate "doer" behind the deed of killing a lamb?

(A) The bird of prey

(B) God

(D) There is no "doer" behind the deed.

What leads us to believe in the existence of a soul?

(A) Grammar

(B) God

(D) The knowledge of an afterlife

What is the primary focus of the passage from Tertullian that Nietzsche quotes at length?

(A) The salvation of sinners

(B) The punishments of the damned

(D) How to do right in the eyes of the Lord

What word does Nietzsche associate with the origin of the word "guilt"?

(A) "Conscience"

(B) "Punishment"

(D) "Fate"

Which of the following is the highest expression of power over an offender?

(A) Mercy

(B) Physical punishment

(D) Allowing the matter to be settled by justice

Which of the following has never been a "meaning" of punishment?

(A) To even out a debt

(B) A festive celebration of power

(D) To prevent future misfortune

Which of the following did ancient people NOT have?

(A) Good cheer

(B) A concept of guilt

(D) An inner life

What have modern societies worked to overcome?

(A) Our ancient cruelty

(B) Our animal instincts

(D) Our fear of death

How was the transition made from an animal state to organized communities?

(A) A common fear banded people together

(B) People came together and formed a social contract that would benefit everyone

(D) A tyrannous minority violently forced people into communities

Which of the following is not a manifestation of a people's debt to its tribal ancestors?

(A) Ancestor worship

(B) Christ's death on the cross

(D) Original sin

What is the meaning of ascetic ideals among artists?

(A) It maximizes their feeling of power

(B) It extinguishes their will

(D) It allows them to command others

Whose definition of the beautiful does Nietzsche most admire?

(A) Stendhal's

(B) Schopenhauer's

(D) Wagner's

How does Nietzsche ultimately come to interpret ascetic ideals?

(A) As the protective instinct of a degenerating life

(B) As a self-contradiction

(D) As the ultimate expression of art

Which of the following is ultimately considered true about asceticism?

(A) It is an expression of strength

(B) It is an expression of health

(D) It is life-affirming

Which of the following is NOT considered by Nietzsche to be a means of easing the displeasure felt by the herd?

(A) Hard work

(B) Extinction of the will

(D) Cruelty to others

Which of the following books does Nietzsche dislike?

(A) The Old Testament

(B) The New Testament

(D) The Iliad

What faith does science rest on?

(A) Science is objective and calls all faiths into question

(B) A faith in truth

(D) A faith in Nietzsche

Which of the following does Nietzsche NOT associate with the ascetic ideal?

(A) Science

(B) Belief in absolute truth

(D) Critique of the will to truth

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