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The Bauhaus Cities

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The Bauhaus Cities game quiz
"This is a quiz about Weimar, Dessau and Berlin - the three cities that were home to the Bauhaus school of architecture and design."

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1. The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in Weimar and moved to Dessau in 1925. In which current German states are these cities located?
    Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt
    Thuringia and Saarland
    Brandenburg and Saxony
    Bavaria and Saxony


2. In the same year the Bauhaus was founded, Weimar was also the stage for which important event in German history?
    The Treaty of Weimar, when Germany, Italy and Japan formed a coalition to invade France.
    Armistice Day, when Germany and the Allies of World War I signed the end of the war.
    The establishment of the German National Socialist Party by the heads of steelworkers unions fighting for better working conditions.
    The establishment of the Weimar Republic, when the German Empire was replaced by a parliamentary republic.


3. In 1775, the famous author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe moved to Weimar, where he lived for several decades and died in 1832. Which tragic play is generally considered his best known work?
    Faust
    The Magic Mountain
    Mephisto
    Nosferatu


4. Goethe and his close friend Friedrich Schiller were part of which cultural and literary movement?
    Weimar Romanticism
    Weimar Naturalism
    Weimar Classicism
    Weimar Realism


5. Dessau was the birthplace of composer Kurt Weil, famous as a result of the "Threepenny Opera". Who collaborated with Weil in this piece?
    Bertolt Brecht
    Johannes Brahms
    Thomas Mann
    Hugo Becker


6. Hugo Junkers is considered the father of commercial aviation and produced his F.13 model at his Dessau plant. Why was the F.13 special?
    It was the first airplane to cross the Atlantic.
    It was the first petrol-fueled aircraft.
    It was the first airplane to carry commercial passengers.
    It was the first all metal aircraft.


7. Both Weimar and Dessau were part of the German Democratic Republic (also known as East Germany0 which lasted from 1949 to 1990, while Berlin was divided into East and West. Which country controlled the eastern part of Berlin?
    France
    USA
    USSR
    England


8. When Germany was divided between East and West, Berlin was the capital of the German Democratic Republic. Which city was the capital of West Germany?
    Bremen
    Bonn
    Hamburg
    Frankfurt


9. Which of these terms best describes the kind of designs that the Bauhaus used and promoted?
    Art nouveau
    Modern
    Art deco
    Post-modern


10. Why did the Bauhaus move, first from Weimar to Dessau and then from Dessau to Berlin?
    It was the result of the whims of senior staff
    The moves were the result of quarrels among the staff
    It was made uncelcome in Weimar and Dessau
    The Bauhaus didn't actually move: it split twice


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Compiled May 24 13