Who wrote the novel Max Havelaar (1860) under the pen name Multatuli?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Eduard Douwes Dekker, a former civil servant in the Dutch East Indies
- Step 1: The pen name Multatuli comes from Latin for 'I have suffered much'. Step 2. It was used by Eduard Douwes Dekker, who wrote Max Havelaar about coffee growing and colonial abuse in the East Indies. Answer: Eduard Douwes Dekker. Why not the others: Couperus, Hermans and Reve wrote other well-known works but not this novel.
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