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How old is Zarathustra when he goes into the wilderness?
30 years old.
What is the name of the town Zarathustra goes to in the prologue?
Motley Cow
How do the townsfolk react to Zarathustra's prediction of the last men?
The people cheer, and ask Zarathustra to turn them into these last men.
How long does he stay in the wilderness?
10 years.
Zarathustra first proclaims the coming of what kind of person to the townsfolk? Zarathustra also calls this person the meaning of the earth.
The overman/superman
How does the tightrope walker die?
The jester jumps right over the tightrope walker, upsetting him and making him fall to the ground.
On his way out of the wilderness, who does Zarathustra first encounter, living alone in the forest?
A saint/holy man
According to Zarathustra, what is between beast and superman that must be overcome?
Man/Humanity
What does Zarathustra tell the dying tight rope walker?
He calms down his fear of damnation by explaining that there is no devil and no hell. And further, that he has "made danger your vocation; there is nothing contemptible in that."
The saint said he once loved mankind, but grew sick of their imperfections and now loves only who (what)?
God.
How do the townsfolk first react to Zarathustra's ideas?
They laugh at them.
Where does Zarathustra bury the tight-rope walker?
In the country, outside the town.
What doesn't the holy man understand for Zarathustra?
God is dead.
Zarathustra predicts that these types of people will be all alike; like herd animals, they will enjoy simple pleasures and mediocrity, and afraid of doing anything too dangerous or extreme.
The Last Men of History
What does the jester say to Zarathustra?
That he should leave because the townsfolk dislike him and find him laughable.