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Goethe Quiz - English

A quiz about German author and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Last updated: July 23, 2021
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City of birth
Frankfurt am Main
Hymn about a Greek hero who brought fire to humanity
Prometheus
Novel about a tragic lover who commits suicide: "The Sorrows of Young ___"
Werther
Literary movement he used to be a part of (translated as "Storm and Drive")
Sturm und Drang
Town in which he settled in 1775 (think German Republic between the World Wars)
Weimar
Country he famously journeyed through 1786-88
Italy
English author he revered, especially for "Hamlet"
William Shakespeare
Ballad about a magician's student that was adapted with Mickey Mouse in "Fantasia"
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Fellow poet he was friends with 1794-1805
Friedrich Schiller
Drama about a Doctor whom Marlowe and Mann also wrote about
Faust
Diabolic character with whom the same Doctor makes a pact
Mephistopheles
French emperor from whom he received the Legion of Honor
Napoleon Bonaparte
What is his scientific work "Zur Farbenlehre" concerned with?
Theory of Color
Goethe was part of this "secret" society, as well as fourteen US presidents
Freemasons
camus
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Jul 23, 2021
Interesting that someone chose this to be spotlighted. Here are a few trivia facts that come to mind.

#3: The book inspired a wave of copycat suicides across Europe and was even banned in some cities.

#7: Hamlet is mentioned all over Goethe's big Bildungsroman "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship", from off remarks to central plot points where the character mounts it on stage.

#12: The two were fans of each other. Goethe called Napoleon a "demigod"; Napoleon had allegedly read mentioned Werther seven times.

#13: Goethe is an example of a renaissance man. Besides his own literary work, he translated English, French, Spanish, Italian and Ancient Greek books, extensively studied and contributed to geology and physics, and served as a state minister. In German history he is seen as the embodiment of culture and genius.

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