German Literature Quiz 1

Questions

1. Tereza Mora won the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) for which novel?

   1. Teenager in the Somme 1969
   2. Kruso
   3. Widerfarhrnis
   4. Das Ungeheur

2. Who won the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature?

   1. Gunter Grass
   2. Heinrich Boll
   3. Bertlot Brecht
   4. Hermann Hesse

3. Which was the 10th novel by Herman Hesse?

   1. Demain
   2. The Glass Bead Game
   3. Steppenwolf
   4. Siddharta

4. Which of these was born in 1917?

   1. Heinrich Boll
   2. Hermann Hesse
   3. Bertlot Brecht
   4. Gunter Grass

5. Which of these is NOT a novel by Herman Hesse?

   1. Siddharta
   2. Steppenwolf
   3. Demain
   4. The Tin Guitar

6. Which of these authors was born in 1898?

   1. Johann Von Goethe
   2. Hermann Hesse
   3. Bertlot Brecht
   4. Gunter Grass

7. What does the E in ETA Hoffman stand for?

   1. Eric
   2. Erik
   3. Englbert
   4. Ernest

8. Thomas Mann was alive in which of these years?

   1. 1789
   2. 1933
   3. 1840
   4. 1967

9. The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth is the subtitle of which novel?

   1. Domain
   2. Steppenwolf
   3. Siddharta
   4. The Glass Bead Game

10. The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is a novel by whom?

    1. Gunter Grass
    2. Hermann Hesse
    3. Heinrich Boll
    4. Bertlot Brecht

11. And Never Said a Word is a novel by whom?

    1. Bertlot Brecht
    2. Hermann Hesse
    3. Heinrich Boll
    4. Gunter Grass

12. Paul was the real first name of whom?

    1. Bertlot Brecht
    2. Gunter Grass
    3. Thomas Mann
    4. Hermann Hesse

13. Katharina Hacker won the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) for which novel?

    1. Du Stirbst Nicht
    2. The Tower
    3. The Have-Nots
    4. The Blindess of the Heart

14. In what year was Henrich Boll award the Noble Prize in Literature?

    1. 1943
    2. 2001
    3. 1972
    4. 1988

15. In the Jngle of Cities is the work of which German writer?

    1. Gunter Grass
    2. Bertlot Brecht
    3. Johann Von Goethe
    4. Hermann Hesse

16. Freidrich Schiller was born in which year?

    1. 1759
    2. 1859
    3. 1259
    4. 1659

17. Emil Sinclair is the main character in which novel?

    1. Demain
    2. Siddharta
    3. The Glass Bead Game
    4. Steppenwolf

18. Die Irrungen is a work by which Germany author?

    1. Theodor Mommsen
    2. Thomas Mann
    3. Freidrich Schiller
    4. ETA Hoffmann

19. Castalia is the setting for which novel?

    1. Siddharta
    2. The Glass Bead Game
    3. Steppenwolf
    4. Demain