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Tyll Quiz

Daniel Kehlmann

This Study Guide consists of approximately 68 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Tyll.

Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Shoes

Lord of the Air

Kings in Winter

Hunger

The Great Art of Light and Shadow

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

Styles

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Tyll Quiz

Daniel Kehlmann

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

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

2.

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

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

He wants the throne of Bavaria, not Bohemia.

3.

What experience first upsets Martin? (from Zusmarshausen)

Seeing angels in the sky during a heavy thunderstorm.

Witnessing a deserter shot by a firing squad.

Glimpsing the burned corpse of a village milk maid.

Seeing a goose shot dead.

4.

Where does Martin find Tyll? (from Zusmarshausen)

Up a tree playing a flute.

In an abbey pretending to be a monk.

Hiding under a dead horse on the battlefield.

He does not find Tyll and must return to the Kaiser without the juggler.

5.

What object does Tyll command the people in the town to throw? (from Shoes)

Their cats and dogs, just for his amusement.

Kitchen knives, and several people are hurt.

Money.

Their right shoe.

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