Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quiz
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How does the judge tell each son to prove his ring?
Answer: Virtuous living
Why: The judge even suggests the genuine ring was probably lost and the father had all three made to replace it.
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Who was the friend Lessing modelled Nathan on?
Answer: Moses Mendelssohn
Why: The philosopher's grandson was the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
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Whose secret manuscript did Lessing publish as anonymous fragments?
Answer: Reimarus
Why: Publishing them set off a fierce public feud with the Hamburg pastor Johann Melchior Goeze.
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Which ruler does Nathan tell the ring parable to?
Answer: Saladin
Why: The real Saladin, sultan of Egypt and Syria, had taken Jerusalem from the crusaders in 1187.
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What do Recha and the Templar turn out to be?
Answer: Siblings
Why: Both are children of Saladin's late brother Assad, which makes the sultan their uncle.
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Whose view of the Laocoön did Lessing's essay dispute?
Answer: Winckelmann
Why: Where Winckelmann saw Greek noble calm in the statue's restraint, Lessing's essay sees the sculptor keeping the face beautiful.
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