German Literature Quiz 4

Questions

1. The Danzing Trilogy is a series of books by whom?

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

2. Who wrote the seminal work "The Tin Drum"?

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

3. Who lived in exile in Scandinavia during the Nazi era?

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

4. Which of these was first published in 1919?

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

5. Which of these was born in 1749?

   1. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
   2. ETA Hoffmann
   3. Theodor Mommsen
   4. Freidrich Schiller

6. Which of these fitues died in 1955?

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

7. When was Johnann Wolfgang Von Goethe born?

   1. 1749
   2. 1649
   3. 1249
   4. 1849

8. Urusula Kretchel won the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) for which novel?

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

9. The Trial of Lucillius is the work of which German writer?

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

10. The Natural Daughter is a work by which prominent author?

    1. ETA Hoffmann
    2. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    3. Freidrich Schiller
    4. Theodor Mommsen

11. Atlantis is a work by which German Author?

    1. ETA Hoffmann
    2. Gerhart Hauptmann
    3. Freidrich Schiller
    4. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

12. Sasa Stanisic won the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) for which novel?

    1. The Have-Nots
    2. Annette
    3. We Are Doing Fine
    4. Herkunft

13. Master of the Game is an alternative title for which book?

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

14. In which of these years was Freidrich Schiller alive?

    1. 1601
    2. 1761
    3. 1933
    4. 1819

15. In what year did Paul Heyse win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

    1. 1801
    2. 1940
    3. 1917
    4. 1910

16. Hangman also die is the work of which German writer?

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

17. Eugen Ruge won the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) for which novel?

    1. In Times of Fading Light
    2. Kruso
    3. Landgericht
    4. Das Ungeheur

18. Doctor Faust is a work by whom?

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

19. Death in Venice is a work by whom?

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