Inspired by Frederick the Great, this novel’s protagonist adopts the personal motto “Hold fast.” Digressive evocations of the Socratic dialogue Phaedrus appear in this novel, whose protagonist witnesses a sunrise fraught with references to Greek mythology. After boarding a boat, a character in this novel (10[1])is repulsed after realizing that an old man is wearing a wig and (10[1])makeup (10[1])to blend in. (10[1])A jester (10[1])claims that “the sirocco is oppressive” in this novella in response to a question about disinfecting procedures, which are actually in place because of a cholera epidemic. (10[1])While (10[1])trying to follow the Polish boy Tadzio, (10[1])this novella’s protagonist dies after eating overripe strawberries. For 10 points, name this novella depicting writer Gustav von Aschenbach’s visit to the title city, by Thomas Mann. ■END■