German Literature Quiz 5

Questions

1. The Elephant Calf is the work of which German writer?

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

2. Who wrote The Threepenny Opera with Kurt Weill?

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

3. Who spend a lifetime co-writing with Hanns Eisler?

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

4. Which of these won the Nobel Prize in Literature BEFORE the others?

   1. Rudolf Eucken
   2. Paul Heyse
   3. Theodor Mommsen
   4. Gerhart Hauptmann

5. Which of these was born in 1817?

   1. Hermann Hesse
   2. Bertlot Brecht
   3. Theodor Mommsen
   4. Thomas Mann

6. Which of these is a work by Gunter Grass?

   1. Faust
   2. The Reader
   3. The Tin Drum
   4. The Trial

7. When was Thoeddor Mommsen born?

   1. 1844
   2. 1901
   3. 1877
   4. 1817

8. Uwe Tellkamp won the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) for which novel?

   1. In Times of Fading Light
   2. Fly Away Pigeon
   3. The Tower
   4. Du Stirbst Nicht

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

   1. 1840
   2. 1967
   3. 1789
   4. 1876

10. The Robber is a work by which German author?

    1. Bertlot Brecht
    2. Theodor Mommsen
    3. Frederic Schiller
    4. Thomas Mann

11. Billiards at Half Past Nine is a novel by whom?

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

12. Siddharta is one of the best known works of which author?

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

13. Melinda Abjoni won the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) for which novel?

    1. Das Ungeheur
    2. Fly Away Pigeon
    3. In Times of Fading Light
    4. Landgericht

14. Inger-Maria Mahlke won the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) for which novel?

    1. Archipel
    2. Annette
    3. Herkunft
    4. We Are Doing Fine

15. In what year was Bertolt Brecht born?

    1. 1914
    2. 1921
    3. 1905
    4. 1898

16. Happy End is the work of which German writer?

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

17. Eugen was the real first name of whom?

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

18. Don Carlos is a work by which German author?

    1. Thomas Mann
    2. Bertlot Brecht
    3. Freidrich Schiller
    4. Theodor Mommsen

19. Demain is one of the best known works of which author?

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