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German 20th Century Novels Trivia Quiz

Not all of these books are written BY Germans. But they were all originally written IN German. I will give you the title (in English) and year of publication (in German). You give me the name of the writer.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 3 mins.

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Quiz #
98,959

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Avg Score
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Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (12/15), Guest 14 (7/15), Guest 71 (7/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. "The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge", 1910. Hint

Franz Kafka

Thomas Mann

Rainer Maria Rilke

Alfred D�blin

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Question 2 of 15

2. "The Magic Mountain", 1924. Hint

Heinrich Mann

Thomas Mann

Hans Fallada

Hermann Hesse

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Question 3 of 15

3. "The Trial", 1925. Hint

Stefan Zweig

Alfred D�blin

Franz Kafka

Hermann Hesse

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Question 4 of 15

4. "Steppenwolf", 1927. Hint

Hermann Broch

Thomas Mann

Hermann Hesse

Heinrich B�ll

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Question 5 of 15

5. "All Quiet on the Western Front", 1929. Hint

Hans Fallada

Arnold Zweig

Erich Maria Remarque

Stefan Zweig

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Question 6 of 15

6. "Berlin-Alexanderplatz", 1929. Hint

Stefan Zweig

Alfred D�blin

Robert Musil

Thomas Mann

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Question 7 of 15

7. "Man Without Qualities", 1930-43. Hint

Elias Canetti

Hermann Broch

Robert Musil

Heinrich B�ll

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Question 8 of 15

8. "The Sleepwalkers", 1931-32 Hint

Hermann Hesse

Robert Musil

Hermann Broch

Alfred D�blin

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Question 9 of 15

9. "Homo Faber", 1957. Hint

Friedrich D�rrenmatt

Max Frisch

Siegfried Lenz

Heinrich B�ll

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Question 10 of 15

10. "The Tin Drum", 1959. Hint

Heinrich B�ll

Christa Wolf

Siegfried Lenz

G�nter Grass

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Question 11 of 15

11. "Billiards at Half-Past Nine", 1959. Hint

Siegfried Lenz

Heinrich B�ll

Martin Walser

Uwe Johnson

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Question 12 of 15

12. "The German Lesson", 1968. Hint

Heinrich B�ll

Max Frisch

Peter Handke

Siegfried Lenz

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Question 13 of 15

13. "The Quest for Christa T.", 1969. Hint

Christa Wolf

Peter Handke

Ingeborg Bachmann

Martrin Walser

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Question 14 of 15

14. "The Left-Handed Woman", 1976. Hint

Thomas Bernhard

Peter Handke

Max Frisch

Friedrich D�rrenmatt

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Question 15 of 15

15. "Wittgenstein�s Nephew", 1982. Hint

Peter Handke

Thomas Bernhard

Elfriede Jelinek

Max Frisch

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge", 1910.

Answer: Rainer Maria Rilke

The Austrian Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is also known as a poet, for example "The Duino Elegies". "The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge" is a semi-biographical novel.

2. "The Magic Mountain", 1924.

Answer: Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann (1875-1955) was born in L�beck, Germany. Writer Heinrich Mann was his brother. "The Magic Mountain" is a vast symbolic work on the subject of disease in mind and body, also relating to a wider sickness of Europe itself. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1929.

3. "The Trial", 1925.

Answer: Franz Kafka

Austrian Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born in Prague. He is best known for his allegorical novels, such as "The Trial" and "The Castle". His vision of lonely individuals trapped in bureaucratic or legal labyrinths can be seen as a powerful metaphor for modern experience.

4. "Steppenwolf", 1927.

Answer: Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a Swiss citizen from 1923.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1946. He has been called a 'prophet of individualism'.

5. "All Quiet on the Western Front", 1929.

Answer: Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) was a soldier in WW1, and this novel is one of the first anti-war novels. The novel (and the film version of it) led to his being exiled to Switzerland in 1938. He later lived in the USA. (His original name was Erich Paul Remark, but from 1923 onwards he called himself Erich Maria Remarque).

6. "Berlin-Alexanderplatz", 1929.

Answer: Alfred D�blin

Alfred D�blin (1878-1957) owes much to James Joyce's "Ulysses" in its minutely detailed depiction of the inner lives of a city�s inhabitants.

7. "Man Without Qualities", 1930-43.

Answer: Robert Musil

Robert Musil (1880-1942) was born in Klagenfurt. Austria. His vast work "Man Without Qualities" was never finished. It is a social analysis of the Austria-Hungary in the last years of its existence (until WW1). A highly astute and critical observer of Central Europe more generally, he died in exile in Geneva in 1942. He has been compared with Proust and Joyce.

8. "The Sleepwalkers", 1931-32

Answer: Hermann Broch

Austrian Hermann Broch (1886-1951) wrote this trilogy which deals with the development of Germany in an anti-humanist direction.

9. "Homo Faber", 1957.

Answer: Max Frisch

Max Frisch (1911-91) was born in Z�rich, Switzerland. His novels and plays deals with the crisis of modern man.

10. "The Tin Drum", 1959.

Answer: G�nter Grass

G�nter Grass was born 1929 in Danzig. "The Tin Drum" deals with the rise of Nazi Germany.

11. "Billiards at Half-Past Nine", 1959.

Answer: Heinrich B�ll

Heinrich B�ll (1917-1985) is known for his novels that often satirize (West-)German society.

12. "The German Lesson", 1968.

Answer: Siegfried Lenz

Siegfried Lenz was born 1926 in Lyck, East Prussia. He is known for his stories about his home region, near the Masurian Lakes. Some of his novels (like "The German Lesson" and "The Idol") deal with the problem of guilt.

13. "The Quest for Christa T.", 1969.

Answer: Christa Wolf

Christa Wolf was born in 1929. She lived and wrote in the GDR (East Germany) and was a Marxist, though critical of the East German state.

14. "The Left-Handed Woman", 1976.

Answer: Peter Handke

Peter Handke was born 1942 in Carinthia, Austria. He was part of the so called "Group 47" which revolted against the 'realist' German literature of the 1960s. He is one of the most prominent post modern writers in Europe.

15. "Wittgenstein�s Nephew", 1982.

Answer: Thomas Bernhard

Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) was Austrian. His novels and plays
are pessimistic and very critical of modern Austria.

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