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On 28 August 1749 Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born into a patrician family in one of the great Free Cities of the Holy Roman Empire. Which was it? |
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Goethe embarked on his university studies in 1765 in Leipzig. What was his main subject? |
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After an interruption to his studies due to a lengthy illness, Goethe resumed studey in 1770, this time at Strasbourg. There he got to know, among other people, Herder, who had a profound influence on him. Goethe soon became the leading member of a new literary movement in the German-speaking lands. Which of these was it? |
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In 1774-1775 Goethe rocketed to fame in Germany and within a year or two throughout Europe with the publication (and translation into several other languages) of which of these works of literature? |
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In 1786 Goethe was appointed to the government of one of the German states. Which was it? |
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Goethe's mature literary output (c. 1785-1832) is generally classified by professional literary historians as Romantic. |
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Which of these best describes Goethe's political outlook? |
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Which of these dramas is NOT by Goethe? |
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Which of the poems did Goethe NOT write? |
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The theme of Faust, the restless soul who makes a pact with the Devil, was one of Goethe's key interests for much of his adult life. |
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