Twilight of the Idols - Quiz
A) Cultural sophistication B) Basic ethical virtues C) Superior higher education D) Advanced political systems
A) The rejection of ethical virtues B) Too much focus on the arts C) The lack of religious devotion D) Prioritizing politics over the intellect
A) They are antagonists B) They mutually reinforce each other C) They are completely irrelevant to one another D) They are inseparable partners
A) An ancient tradition B) A flawless political system C) The ultimate goal of humanity D) Merely a modern idea
A) They rely heavily on state funding B) They are driven by democratic ideals C) They are epochs of political decline D) They coincide with political supremacy
A) It depends on political stability B) It has always served the ruling state C) It requires strict government control D) It has been unpolitical, even anti-political
A) The lack of modern scientific equipment B) The qualifications of college instructors C) The high cost of tuition for students D) The excessive focus on physical education
A) Masters of political science B) Philosophers of the modern state C) Guardians of ancient traditions D) Educators who are themselves educated
A) To learning dancing B) To learning mathematics C) To learning swimming D) To learning foreign languages
A) One should focus purely on political rhetoric B) One has to be able to dance with the pen C) One needs to avoid all emotional expression D) One must follow rigid grammatical laws
A) Focusing too much on vocational training B) Isolating students from the real world C) Opening them to all classes of society D) Refusing to admit talented women
A) It declines B) It improves drastically C) It stays exactly the same D) It becomes more democratic
A) The working class B) The exceptions alone C) The masses of society D) The political leaders
A) They eventually will be B) They never can be C) They should be shared by all D) They lose their value temporarily
A) The Hammer Speaks B) Skirmishes of an Untimely Man C) What the Germans Lack D) What I Owe to the Ancients
A) The evolution of modern science B) A variety of cultural figures of his day C) The economic theories of capitalism D) The history of the Roman Empire
A) Psychological observations about attitudes to life B) Geographical observations about European borders C) Biological observations about human evolution D) Astronomical observations about the cosmos
A) Socrates B) Aristotle C) Zarathustra D) Plato
A) A divine revelation B) An exalted swindle C) A pragmatic illusion D) A noble lie
A) Christianity is the fulfillment of Platonism B) Christianity is the death of philosophy C) Christianity is a distortion of Aristotle D) Christianity is Platonism for the people
A) Plato's theory of mathematics B) Plato's political theories C) Plato's concept of democracy D) Plato's hatred of life
A) Value life B) Deny the physical world C) Escape through asceticism D) Seek divine salvation
A) The Orphic Mysteries B) The Dionysian Mysteries C) The Eleusinian Mysteries D) The Hermetic Mysteries
A) Even pain is holy B) Pain is proof of moral failure C) Pain must be avoided at all costs D) Pain is an illusion of the mind
A) A religious doctrine about reincarnation B) A scientific theory of planetary orbits C) A thought experiment about living the same life over D) A historical cycle of political empires
A) Yes B) Maybe C) It depends on the details D) No
A) To demonstrate the meaninglessness of time B) To prove the existence of an afterlife C) To frighten people into changing their behavior D) To encourage people to embrace and celebrate life
A) To merge with the state B) To be oneself C) To conquer others D) To achieve absolute knowledge
A) Thus Spoke Zarathustra B) The Antichrist C) On the Genealogy of Morality D) Beyond Good and Evil
A) Part II 'On the Child with the Mirror' B) Part I 'Zarathustra's Prologue' C) Part IV 'The Higher Man' D) Part III 'Of Old and New Law Tablets'
A) Logic, rhetoric, and metaphysics B) Physics, biology, and chemistry C) Reading, writing, and arithmetic D) Seeing, thinking, and speaking and writing
A) The art of appreciating fine paintings B) The physical perfection of eyesight C) The capacity to foresee the future D) The ability to think before acting on impulse
A) Decadence B) Nihilism C) Hedonism D) Asceticism
A) Refuting the senses B) Embracing nature C) Valuing the living world D) Rejecting the forms
A) Logic B) Reason C) Philosophy D) Nature
A) Someone weak, sickly, or ignoble B) An exceptional human C) A true philosopher D) Someone strong and vital
A) Original sin B) Grace C) Heaven D) Trinity
A) Six B) Five C) Four D) Seven
A) A consolation B) A practical guide C) A scientific hypothesis D) A moral obligation
A) Only in his youth B) No C) Yes D) Partially
A) Friendship B) Enmity C) Sensuality D) Weakness
A) Their biological family B) Their innate moral compass C) Past events or present circumstances D) Their religious heritage
A) Traditional moral philosophers B) Strict ascetics and saints C) Immoralists such as himself D) Devout Christian theologians
A) Greek B) Englishman C) German D) French
A) Forty-one B) Twelve C) Over one hundred D) Twenty-two
A) Thirty-one B) Over one hundred C) Twenty-two D) Forty-one
A) Attacks the aggressor B) Doubles up C) Seeks compassion D) Dies instantly
A) Humility B) Reason C) Compassion D) Instinct
A) Plato B) The worm C) Socrates D) The Englishman
A) Excessive height B) Extreme frailty C) Blindness D) Ugliness
A) Two B) One C) Three D) Twenty-two
A) The maxim of humility B) The Socratic method C) The genealogical method D) The principle of instinct
A) Instinct B) Dialectic discourse C) Decadence D) Humility
A) Reason B) Ugliness C) Decadence D) Suffering
A) Friedrich Nietzsche B) Richard Wagner C) Walter Kaufmann D) Francis Bacon
A) 1883 B) 1889 C) 1888 D) 1890
A) 1889 B) 1887 C) 1891 D) 1888
A) Munich B) Sils Maria C) Vienna D) Berlin
A) Götzen-Dämmerung B) Götterdämmerung C) Ecce Homo D) Also sprach Zarathustra
A) Richard Wagner B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart C) Ludwig van Beethoven D) Johann Sebastian Bach
A) Götterdämmerung B) Tristan und Isolde C) Parsifal D) The Ring Cycle
A) Napoleon Bonaparte B) Richard Wagner C) Walter Kaufmann D) Friedrich Nietzsche
A) The Sophists B) The Romans C) The English D) The French
A) Ten B) Three C) Twelve D) Forty-four
A) A chisel B) An axe C) A sword D) A hammer
A) 3 September 1888 B) 1889 C) 30 September 1888 D) 26 August 1888
A) 100 B) 1888 C) 44 D) 12
A) Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker B) Götterdämmerung C) Götzen-Dämmerung D) Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert
A) Ecce Homo B) Also sprach Zarathustra C) The Antichrist D) Beyond Good and Evil
A) Free will B) Morality C) Guilt D) Being
A) Punishment B) Social cooperation C) Economic progress D) Personal enlightenment
A) The politicians B) The theologians C) The philosophers D) The scientists
A) An illusionary philosophy B) A moral triumph C) A hangman's metaphysics D) A religion of love
A) 'Saviors' B) 'Reformers' C) 'Philosophers' D) 'Improvers'
A) Religion B) Scientific inquiry C) The caste system D) Government laws
A) The priest B) The sinner C) The convert D) The society
A) The priests B) The Tschandala C) The Aryans D) The rulers
A) The outcasts B) The Tschandala C) The converts D) Manusmriti
A) Enforcing Aryan values B) Promoting global peace C) Advancing scientific knowledge D) Achieving spiritual equality |
Created with That Quiz —
the math test generation site with resources for other subject areas.