Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Death in Venice? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What's the deal with pederasty?
It was culturally acceptable in ancient Greece.
It's considered a crime.
Aschenbach practices it with Tadzio.
Death in Venice celebrates it.
Q. Why is cholera important?
It symbolizes sickness.
It has no symbolic value.
It kills Aschenbach.
It symbolizes the invasion of something foreign.
Q. What's another name for Aschenbach's stranger god?
Narcissus
Nietzsche
Hercules
Dionysus
Q. In what work of philosophy does the sun also play an important role?
Plato's Republic
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Anything by Nietzsche
The Bible
Q. What do mythological figures help us realize about Aschenbach?
That he is a scholar of ancient Greece.
That he probably should have gone on vacation in Athens.
The way his disciplined nature is haunted by disturbing desires.
Nothing.