Patrick Süskind quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which century serves as the primary setting for the novel Perfume?

   Answer: The 18th century

   Why: Süskind dates it exactly: the action runs from 1738 to 1767, moving from Paris to Montpellier, Grasse and the Plomb du Cantal.

2. 2 Medium

   Why does Jonathan Noel isolate himself in a tiny Parisian room?

   Answer: To avoid all human contact

   Why: Jonathan is 53 and has spent thirty years in a maid's room on the rue de la Planche, guarding a bank, until one Friday in August 1984.

3. 3 Hard

   What is Mrs. Sommer's profession in The Story of Mr. Sommer?

   Answer: Doll maker

   Why: She sewed the cloth dolls at home and took a parcel of them to the post office every week; nobody knew whether Herr Sommer had a trade.

4. 4 Easy

   What makes the killer in Perfume "invisible" to others?

   Answer: He has no body odor

   Why: Süskind has him fake a human odor from cat dung, old cheese and vinegar, and strangers in the street finally start to notice him.

5. 5 Medium

   What mysterious condition keeps Mr. Sommer walking all day?

   Answer: Claustrophobia

   Why: In the book this is only the narrator's mother's offhand guess, waved away with the remark that there is no cure for it anyway.

6. 6 Hard

   How does Grenouille's master perfumer die right after Grenouille leaves?

   Answer: His house collapsed

   Why: The Pont au Change gave way that same night; nothing was found, not the bodies, not the safe, not the books with six hundred formulas.