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Nietzsche, Glad Ta Meetcha! Trivia Quiz

What do you know about this Fritz?

A multiple-choice quiz by Athaell. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Athaell

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
76,847

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
1482

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Question 1 of 15

1. Nietzsche is well known for his ideas concerning the Hint

superman

modern man

superfluous man

moral man

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Question 2 of 15

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

the Crucified

the old moral code

the Creator of the world

the Church

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Question 3 of 15

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

Richard Wagner

Friedrich Schiller

Samuel Scheidt

Johannes Brahms

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which of the following is the title of a book by Nietzsche? Hint

The Gay Science

Good And Evil

Madness And Civilization

The Politics Of Ecstasy

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Question 5 of 15

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

the Czechs

the Poles

the Serbs

the Russians

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Question 6 of 15

6. What two types of moralities did Nietzsche define? Hint

old and new

wrong and right

good and evil

master and slave

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Question 7 of 15

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

Idols

Demons

Gods

Warlords

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Question 8 of 15

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

a dragon

a rope

a bear

a sword

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Question 9 of 15

9. What subject was Nietzsche a professor of? Hint

philosophy

metaphysics

classical philology

ancient poetry

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Question 10 of 15

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

Elizabeth Foerster-Nietzsche

Lou Salome

Clara Zetkin

Rosa Luxemburg

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Question 11 of 15

11. Nietzsche was a professor at which of the following Universities? Hint

Basel

Cyprus

Sonmaire

Paris

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Question 12 of 15

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

slave

buffoon

hero

real man

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Question 13 of 15

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

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 14 of 15

14. What phrase is Nietzsche famous for creating? Hint

I think, therefore I am

God is dead

Morality is the highest good

Only love can conquer hate

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Question 15 of 15

15. What did Nietzsche call the 'two great European narcotics'? Hint

religion and books

Christianity and alcohol

truth and justice

hope and charity

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Nietzsche is well known for his ideas concerning the

Answer: superman

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

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

Answer: the Crucified

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

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

Answer: Richard Wagner

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

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

Answer: The Gay Science

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

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

Answer: the Poles

Nietzsche was known to brag that he was Polish.

6. What two types of moralities did Nietzsche define?

Answer: 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.

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

Answer: Idols

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

Answer: 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.

9. What subject was Nietzsche a professor of?

Answer: classical philology

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

Answer: Lou Salome

Salome later went on to work with Freud.

11. Nietzsche was a professor at which of the following Universities?

Answer: 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.

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

Answer: 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'.

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

Answer: Power

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

14. What phrase is Nietzsche famous for creating?

Answer: 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

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

Answer: Christianity and alcohol

Source: Author Athaell

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