SARTOR RESARTUS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026.
Introduction -
What does "Sartor Resartus" mean - ANS Tailor Re-Tailored
How many books are in Sartor Resartus and how many chapters are in each book - ANS 3
books, with 11, 10, 12 chapters in each (33 chapters total)
What did Goethe say about time (on the book cover) - ANS My inheritance, how wide and
fair, time is my fair seed-field, of time I'm heir
What are the first and last words of the book - ANS Considering and quarrel
Book First - ANS
1. Preliminary - ANS
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,What does Weissnichtwo mean - ANS Know not where
What was T's nearest duty - ANS Law
2. Editorial Difficulties - ANS
What is man's great seedfield - ANS Time
What is man emphatically - ANS A proselytizing creature
What does Hofrath Heuschrecke mean in German - ANS Councillor Grasshopper
What are Waterloo crackers - ANS Giant firecrackers
Who was Oliver York and what did he do - ANS Pseudonym of William Maginn, Editor of
Fraser's Magazine
Who is the Prince of Lies - ANS The Devil
What is puffery - ANS Advertising
T is our friend, truth is our ________... - ANS Divinity
What did the sign over the Chinese shopkeeper's door say - ANS No cheating here
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,What does "amicus Plato magis amica veritas" mean - ANS Plato is my friend, truth is more
my friend
3. Reminiscences - ANS
How many windows are in T's home and in what rooms are they - ANS 6; 3 in sitting room, 1
in bedroom, 2 in kitchen
What is transcendentalism - ANS Philosophy opposed to materialism
Where did T drink - ANS Zer Grun Gans (which means "At the Sign of the Green Goose")
What toast did T propose - ANS To the cause of the poor, in Heaven's name and Hell's
What does Sanscullotism mean - ANS Philosophical radicalism; "without breeches"
What is worse than for great men to be unknown - ANS For him to be misknown
Who is the Wandering Jew (Ewige Jude) - ANS T (or Jesus)
What was T's title - ANS Professor of Things in General
Where did T teach? Where did he attend school - ANS The New University of Weiss.,
attended a nameless university
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, What were the principal accomplishments of the 18th century - ANS Denial and destruction
What is "Gukguk" - ANS Academic Beer
How long can admiration and wonder exist with no action to follow - ANS 9 days
What does Wahngasse mean - ANS Dream-lane
What are airts - ANS Points on the compass
What is the pinnacle of Weissnichtwo - ANS T's watchtower
What is a speculum - ANS A watchtower
What are T's first words - ANS I look down
What was one of Carlyle's favorite thoughts - ANS From eternity onwards to eternity
What are abroad at midnight - ANS Vice and Misery
Where did T write his philosophy on clothes - ANS His apartment
What was Liza to T - ANS Right arm and spoon
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AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026.
Introduction -
What does "Sartor Resartus" mean - ANS Tailor Re-Tailored
How many books are in Sartor Resartus and how many chapters are in each book - ANS 3
books, with 11, 10, 12 chapters in each (33 chapters total)
What did Goethe say about time (on the book cover) - ANS My inheritance, how wide and
fair, time is my fair seed-field, of time I'm heir
What are the first and last words of the book - ANS Considering and quarrel
Book First - ANS
1. Preliminary - ANS
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1
,What does Weissnichtwo mean - ANS Know not where
What was T's nearest duty - ANS Law
2. Editorial Difficulties - ANS
What is man's great seedfield - ANS Time
What is man emphatically - ANS A proselytizing creature
What does Hofrath Heuschrecke mean in German - ANS Councillor Grasshopper
What are Waterloo crackers - ANS Giant firecrackers
Who was Oliver York and what did he do - ANS Pseudonym of William Maginn, Editor of
Fraser's Magazine
Who is the Prince of Lies - ANS The Devil
What is puffery - ANS Advertising
T is our friend, truth is our ________... - ANS Divinity
What did the sign over the Chinese shopkeeper's door say - ANS No cheating here
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2
,What does "amicus Plato magis amica veritas" mean - ANS Plato is my friend, truth is more
my friend
3. Reminiscences - ANS
How many windows are in T's home and in what rooms are they - ANS 6; 3 in sitting room, 1
in bedroom, 2 in kitchen
What is transcendentalism - ANS Philosophy opposed to materialism
Where did T drink - ANS Zer Grun Gans (which means "At the Sign of the Green Goose")
What toast did T propose - ANS To the cause of the poor, in Heaven's name and Hell's
What does Sanscullotism mean - ANS Philosophical radicalism; "without breeches"
What is worse than for great men to be unknown - ANS For him to be misknown
Who is the Wandering Jew (Ewige Jude) - ANS T (or Jesus)
What was T's title - ANS Professor of Things in General
Where did T teach? Where did he attend school - ANS The New University of Weiss.,
attended a nameless university
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, What were the principal accomplishments of the 18th century - ANS Denial and destruction
What is "Gukguk" - ANS Academic Beer
How long can admiration and wonder exist with no action to follow - ANS 9 days
What does Wahngasse mean - ANS Dream-lane
What are airts - ANS Points on the compass
What is the pinnacle of Weissnichtwo - ANS T's watchtower
What is a speculum - ANS A watchtower
What are T's first words - ANS I look down
What was one of Carlyle's favorite thoughts - ANS From eternity onwards to eternity
What are abroad at midnight - ANS Vice and Misery
Where did T write his philosophy on clothes - ANS His apartment
What was Liza to T - ANS Right arm and spoon
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