Question
The protagonist of this author’s play The Elixir of Love tries to remember the name of a poet who wrote about horses in a riding school, which turns out to be Goethe. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author who was inspired by Goethe’s Faust to write a play about the “female Faust” Franziska, who marries Veit Kunz in order to live disguised as a male musician.
ANSWER: Frank Wedekind [or Benjamin Franklin Wedekind] (The play is Franziska.)
[10m] In Goethe’s play, Faust’s invocation of this figure who works “the Godhead’s living garment” inspired Wedekind to title his first play about Lulu, the prequel to Pandora’s Box, after this figure.
ANSWER: the Erdgeist [or Earth-Spirit; or Spirit of Earth; prompt on Earth; prompt on spirits]
[10e] Veit Kunz represents this character in Wedekind’s Franziska, whom Wedekind himself portrayed in an early school production. This character initially appears as a black poodle before making a deal with Faust in Goethe’s play.
ANSWER: Mephistopheles [or Mephisto]
<Literature - European Literature - Drama>
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