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Questions on Contemporary German Literature


1. After returning from his exile in the USA, where didThomasMann live until his death?
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 in Lübeck
 in Zurich
 in Munich
 in Bonn
2.  Where was BertoltBrecht born?
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 in Berlin
 in Moscow
 in Augsburg
 in Zurich
3.  ThomasMann was born:
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 in Zurich
 in Hamburg
 in Lübeck
 in Munich
4.  Which of the following statements about Arthur Schnitzler is NOT true?
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   His father was a well-known Jewish physician.
   He was Austrian writer known for his psychological works.
   His Leutnant Gustl was the first German Expressionist masterpiece.
   Corrupt self-deception and the complexities of the erotic life were his main topics.
5.   All these authors were Nobel-Prize-for-Literature holders except for
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      MaxFrisch
      Hermann Hesse
      Heinrich Böll 
      Thomas Mann
6.  HeinrichBöll was the author of
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      Tin Drum
      The Lost Honorof Katharina Blum
      The Bread
      MotherCourage and Her Children
7.  GerhartHauptmann was the representative of
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       Realism
       Expressionism
       Naturalism
       Dadaism
8.  GünterGrass was born:
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      in Berlin
      in Paris
      in Wewelsfleth in Holstein
      in Gdansk [Danzig]
9.   Arthur Schnitzler's work was NOT influenced by
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      Luigi Pirandello
      Karl Marx
      Sigmund Freud
      innermonologue
10.  HeinrichMann was ThomasMann's
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      son
      brother in law
      father
      brother
11. This is NOT true of ErnstToller:
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      He was enthusiastically involved in the World War I
      He was a representative of the expressionism
      He sympathized with the Hitler-regime.
      He was the Commander in Chief of the Red Army
12.  Franz Kafka was born
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      in Berlin
      in Kierling bei Klosterneuburg
      in Prague
      in Palestine
13. Thomas Mann received the Nobel Price for
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      his novel Buddenbrooks
      his novella The Deathin Venice
      his novel Magic Mountain
      his peace effort in Germany
14. Gerhart Hauptmann was the author of
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      The Caucasian Chalk Circle
      TheWeavers
      Metamorphosis
       Andorra
15. The novel Buddenbrooksdeals with the
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      rise
      comedy of a family
      accident
      fall
16.  The EpicTheater was created by
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      Gerhart Hauptmann
      Thomas Mann
      Bertolt Brecht
      Friedrich Dürrenmatt
17.  Franz Kafka was NOT the author of
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      Judgment [Das Urteil]
       The German Lesson [Deutschstunde]
      The Trial [DasProzeß]
      Metamorphosis
18.   Thomas Mann was
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      German citizen
      US citizen
      Swiss citizen
      Austrian citizen
19.  Alfred Döblin was NOT the author of
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      Cat and Mouse
      Berlin Alexanderplatz
      The Three Leaps of Wang-Lun
      Wallenstein
20.  Lieutenant Gustl  is
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      an impressionist work of
      an expressionistwork
      a romanticist work
      a postmodern work
21.  ThomasMann was NOT influenced by
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       Nietzsche
       Schopenhauer
       Bertolt Brecht
       Richard Wagner
22.  BertoltBrecht was the author of
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       Galileo [Lebendes Galilei]
       Woyzeck
       Draußenvor der Tür
       DoctorFaustus
23.   MaxFrisch was the author of
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      Threepenny Opera
      TheChinese Wall
      TheVisit [Besuch der alten Dame]
      Lieutenant Gustl
24.   Thomas Mann did NOT write
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      Faust
      MagicMountain
      Buddenbrooks
      TonioKröger
25.  ThomasMann died:
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      in Munich
      in California
      in Venice
      in Zurich
26.  FriedrichDürrenmatt was born:
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      in Basel
      in Konolfingen
      in Neuchâtel
      in Zurich

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