Question 1

Romantics believed that rational thought had led humans astray in search for valid information about human behavior.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

According to Nietzsche,the difference between freedom and slavery is:

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A)  freedom
B)  an illusion
C)  a matter of choice
D)  a miracleE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

The limits of human rationality was questioned by:

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A)  Descartes
B)  Hume
C)  Kant
D)  both Hume and KantE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

According to Rousseau,all the governments of his time were based on the faulty assumption that:

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A)  humans are rational
B)  humans need to be protected from themselves
C)  humans need to be governed
D)  the best government is one that provides the greatest good for the greatest numberE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Rousseau referred to a hypothetical human who was uncontaminated by society as a(n) :

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A)  Emile
B)  noble savage
C)  existentialist
D)  romanticE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Nietzsche believed that:

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A)  there was a God who cared for us
B)  the earth occupied a favored position in the universe
C)  evolutionary theory had made human existence more meaningful
D)  a person had to create whatever meaning his or her life was going to haveE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

For Kierkegaard,approximation of personal freedom occurs in stages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

For Nietzsche,the most basic motive for human behavior was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the will to survive
B)  the will to power
C)  hedonism
D)  to act in accordance with God's willE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Schopenhauer believed that irrational instincts should be ____,whereas Nietzsche believed they should be ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  nurtured;eliminated
B)  repressed;expressed
C)  expressed;repressed
D)  eliminated;repressedE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

Nietzsche believed that the best life reflected:

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A)  rationality
B)  irrationality
C)  controlled passion
D)  the love of GodE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

According to Kierkegaard:

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A)  God was dead
B)  for most people a genuine,personal relationship with God did not exist
C)  more emphasis needed to be placed on logic and rationality
D)  it was correct that the government of Denmark elevated the clergy to the status of civil servantsE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Which of the following characterized Rousseau's utopian society?

Accepted Answer

A)  ownership of private property
B)  democratic elections
C)  the encouragement of individuals to act in accordance with their private will
D)  the surrender of the individual will to the general willE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

According to Rousseau,for a government to be effective it must be based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  an absolute monarchy
B)  the private will
C)  the general will
D)  unanimous agreement among members of the communityE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The Enlightenment is also referred to as:

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A)  the Age of Reason
B)  romanticism
C)  existentialism
D)  humanismE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Schopenhauer believed all humans have positive and negative impulses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Describe Goethe's ideas and views and their impact on the development of psychology.

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Question 17

According to the romantics,the best way to find out what humans were really like was to study the:

Accepted Answer

A)  rational powers
B)  ideas that were derived from experience
C)  apperceptive mass
D)  total personE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

According to Kierkegaard,the religious stage consisted of:

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A)  people open to experiences who seek out many forms of pleasure,but they do not recognize their ability to choose
B)  people accepting the responsibility of making choices,but using as their guides ethical principles established by others
C)  people recognizing and accepting their freedom and entering into a personal relationship with God
D)  people assuming that God is deadE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Rousseau supported Protestantism in that he believed:

Accepted Answer

A)  that God's existence could be defended on the basis of individual feeling
B)  that in order to know of God's existence,we must trust the church
C)  human nature is inherently evil
D)  humans need to be governed by the churchE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Nietzsche believed that many human problems would be solved if:

Accepted Answer

A)  every individual strove to be all that he or she could be
B)  philosophers would become kings
C)  fewer individuals strove to become supermen
D)  materialistic philosophy were acceptedE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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