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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does young Tyll practice every day at the expense of doing his chores? (from Lord of the Air)

Singing, particularly Lutheran hymns, which drives his Catholic father nuts.

Making a piglet disappear.

Walking across a rope suspended between trees.

Juggling different size rocks.

2.

What is odd about the reason for Claus' execution? (from Lord of the Air)

He is condemned for reading a book in a language he does not understand.

His is condemned for reading a translation of the Old Testament in German, a language the Church does not recognize.

He is condemned for refusing to acknowledge that the sun does not move, which the Church had agreed to centuries earlier.

His is condemned for changing a goat into a hat, an absurd charge directed against him by an angry neighbor.

3.

Why does Friedrich reject the offer to return to the throne of Bohemia? (from Kings in Winter)

He is outraged that the king of Sweden is offering to give him something he believes is his already.

He does not speak Swedish and does not understand what the king is saying.

His courtier never actually delivers the message before Friedrich dies from the plague.

He wants the throne of Bavaria, not Bohemia.

4.

What performance skill does Pirmin introduce to Nele and Tyll? (from Hunger)

Begging, which he says is the talent most critical to a performer.

Playing musical instruments to help enhance the shows.

Magic, particularly a trick involving a dove.

Acting.

5.

What experience first upsets Martin? (from Zusmarshausen)

Seeing angels in the sky during a heavy thunderstorm.

Glimpsing the burned corpse of a village milk maid.

Seeing a goose shot dead.

Witnessing a deserter shot by a firing squad.

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