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Nietzsche is well known for his ideas concerning the

superman. The superman was a being who would overcome humanity and through the rejection of morality and creative individuality become superhuman.

Select the answer which best fills in the blank. In his book 'Ecce Homo' Nietzsche wrote: 'Has one understood me?-Dionysus versus _______'

the Crucified. Nietzsche frequently referred to the Greek God of wine and revelry Dionysus as a symbol of the affirmation and love of life.

This composer praised Nietzsche's 'The Birth Of Tragedy' and as a result the two shared a brief friendship.

Richard Wagner. Nietzsche would later harshly criticize Wagner partly due to Wagner's conversion to Christianity.

Which of the following is the title of a book by Nietzsche?

The Gay Science. 'Madness And Civilization' is by Foucault. 'Good And Evil' is by Buber. 'The Politics of Ecstasy' is by Leary.

What race of people did Nietzsche call 'the most gifted and gallant among the Slavic people'?

the Poles. Nietzsche was known to brag that he was Polish.

What two types of moralities did Nietzsche define?

master and slave. Some Nazi ideologists made much of this and altered it. They claimed that morality fettered the strong and that only the weak and the "slaves" needed morality.

Choose the answer that best fills in the blank. Nietzsche wrote a book called 'Twilight of the ______'.

Idols.

In 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' what does Nietzsche compare man to?

a rope. He compares man to a rope over an abyss which must be tight-roped across and transcended. This would be accomplished by the overman mentioned in question 1 of this quiz.

What subject was Nietzsche a professor of?

classical philology.

What woman is cracking the whip in the famous photograph that features Nietzsche and his friend Paul Ree pulling a cart?

Lou Salome. Salome later went on to work with Freud.

Nietzsche was a professor at which of the following Universities?

Basel. Nietzsche was asked to become a professor at Basel at the age of 24 without even receiving his doctorate yet. When he took the job his doctorate was conferred on him without examination.

Select the answer that best fills in the blank. Nietzsche called Socrates 'a _______ that got himself taken seriously.'

buffoon. Nietzsche constantly reevaluated and altered his view of Socrates. He admired him greatly at some points in his life. Nietzsche once wrote: 'I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said-and did not say' and Socrates 'was not only the wisest talker that ever lived: he was just as great in his silence'.

Fill in the blank. 'The Will To _____' is a book containing a compilation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes.

Power. 'The Will To Power' was compiled and published by Nietzsche's sister who read into it anti-Semitic and nationalistic ideas.

What phrase is Nietzsche famous for creating?

God is dead. 'I think, therefore I am' - Rene Descartes 'Morality is the highest good' - I made it up (partly because it was so non-Nietzschean) 'Only love can conquer hate' - The Buddha

What did Nietzsche call the 'two great European narcotics'?

Christianity and alcohol.