Postwar German Literature quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   How much does Claire Zachanassian offer for Alfred Ill's death?

   Answer: One billion

   Why: Even though the mayor refuses in the town's name, Güllen's people soon start buying goods on credit.

2. 2 Medium

   What was the reading seat at Gruppe 47 meetings nicknamed?

   Answer: The electric chair

   Why: Whoever sat there read an unpublished text aloud and then had to take the critique in silence, with no right to reply.

3. 3 Hard

   Which battle's epitaph does Böll's wounded soldier find on a blackboard?

   Answer: Thermopylae

   Why: He had chalked the line himself as a pupil three months before, too large for the board, which is why the title breaks off.

4. 4 Easy

   Which animals does Borchert's old man say sleep at night?

   Answer: Rats

   Why: Rabbits are the near miss: the old man keeps 27 of them and promises to bring Jürgen one at dusk.

5. 5 Medium

   Which king does Möbius claim appears to him in The Physicists?

   Answer: King Solomon

   Why: The visions are an act: Möbius feigns madness to keep his world formula, a discovery he thinks too dangerous, locked away.

6. 6 Hard

   Which Israeli writer shared the 1966 Nobel Prize with Nelly Sachs?

   Answer: S. Y. Agnon

   Why: His half of the 1966 prize made Agnon the first Israeli Nobel laureate in any field.