Question

This poet left his home country after writing an anti-censorship poem whose only words are “censors” and “idiots.” (15[1])This author’s travels from Paris to Hamburg inspired a mock epic ridiculing Ferdinand (15[1])Freiligrath and a satirical (15[1])travelogue through the (-5[1])Teutoburg (15[1])Forest, (15[1])both of which he gave Shakespearean (15[1])subtitles. (15[2])This author’s play Almansor (15[2])includes (15[1])the line “where they burn books, they will ultimately (15[2])burn people.” (15[2])This author of Germany: (15[1])(*) a Winter’s Tale (-5[1])described (10[1])the hunt (10[1])for a dancing (10[1])bear in his poem Atta Troll. (10[1])This poet’s (10[1])Lyrisches Intermezzo were (10[1])set to music (-5[1])in Robert Schumann’s (-5[1])Dichterliebe. (10[1])A poem (10[1])by this author describes a creature on the Rhine (-5[1])who “combs (10[2])her golden (10[1])hair.” (10[1]-5[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this German poet (10[3])who wrote about a Siren-like (-5[1])mermaid in “The Lorelei.” (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[15])

ANSWER: Heinrich Heine (A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the subtitle for Atta Troll.)
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