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Which real city is the unnamed hometown in Buddenbrooks?
Answer: Lübeck
Why: Lübeck is also where Mann himself was born, in 1875.
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Where was Mann's mother born?
Answer: Brazil
Why: Júlia da Silva Bruhns came to Germany from Brazil at the age of seven.
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How does Felix Krull get out of military service?
Answer: Faking a seizure
Why: Krull prepares for the army medical examination by reading medical books.
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Which Mann work became Benjamin Britten's last opera?
Answer: Death in Venice
Why: Britten's opera had its premiere at Snape Maltings in Suffolk in June 1973.
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Whose looks did Mann borrow for the hero of Death in Venice?
Answer: Gustav Mahler
Why: Visconti's 1971 film of the story draws heavily on the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony.
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Whose policies did Mann mirror in Joseph's rule over Egypt?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why: Joseph's policy in Genesis is to store grain in the seven years of plenty and sell it during the seven years of famine.
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