The Mysterious Stranger

The Mysterious Stranger - Test

1. Who wrote 'The Mysterious Stranger'?

A) O. Henry
B) Herman Melville
C) Mark Twain
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. Over what years did Mark Twain work on 'The Mysterious Stranger'?

A) 1910 through 1920
B) 1897 through 1908
C) 1870 through 1880
D) 1885 through 1895

3. Which supernatural character appears in all versions of 'The Mysterious Stranger'?

A) The Invisible Man
B) Frankenstein's Monster
C) Dracula
D) 'Satan' or 'No. 44'

4. In which version do Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer encounter the supernatural character?

A) 'No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger'
B) 'The Chronicle of Young Satan'
C) 'Schoolhouse Hill' or 'Hannibal' version
D) 'St. Petersburg Fragment'

5. What is the word count of 'The Chronicle of Young Satan'?

A) 15,300 words
B) 100,000 words
C) About 55,000 words
D) 65,000 words

6. Where is the 'St. Petersburg Fragment' set?

A) In a fictional town of St. Petersburg
B) In New York City
C) In Vienna, Austria
D) In Hannibal, Missouri

7. What is the German name for 'Eseldorf', and what does it translate to?

A) 'Horseville' or 'Stabletown'
B) 'Catstown' or 'Kittytown'
C) 'Assville' or 'Donkeytown'
D) 'Birdville' or 'Aviarytown'

8. In which year is 'No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger' set?

A) 1600
B) 1490
C) 1702
D) 1800

9. What concept involving a duality of the 'self' is explored in 'No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger'?

A) 'Past Self' and 'Future Self'
B) 'Waking Self' and 'Dream Self'
C) 'Day Self' and 'Night Self'
D) 'Real Self' and 'Imagined Self'

10. Who had sole possession of Twain's unfinished works after his death?

A) John S. Tuckey
B) Albert Bigelow Paine
C) Bernard DeVoto
D) Mark Twain Jr.

11. What was the nature of the 1916 edition of 'The Mysterious Stranger'?

A) A collection of unrelated short stories
B) A modern adaptation by another author
C) It was a heavily edited version with an altered ending
D) An unaltered original manuscript

12. Who discovered that Paine had tampered with Twain's manuscripts?

A) John S. Tuckey and his team
B) Mark Twain Jr.
C) Bernard DeVoto
D) Albert Bigelow Paine

13. What is the main theme of 'The Mysterious Stranger'?

A) An adventure story about treasure hunting
B) Criticism of conventional religion and the nature of existence
C) A celebration of religious faith
D) A romance between two young lovers

14. What is Satan's explanation for the universe in 'The Mysterious Stranger'?

A) 'Mankind is the pinnacle of creation, destined to rule the world.'
B) 'God created everything with love and purpose.'
C) 'The universe is a complex machine governed by laws of physics.'
D) 'It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you.'

15. Which film adaptation of 'No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger' was directed by Peter H. Hunt?

A) Day of the Stranger (2019)
B) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
C) Filipp Traum (1989)
D) 1982 film version shown on PBS and HBO

16. What is the name used by Satan in the Soviet film adaptation 'Filipp Traum'?

A) 'Philipp Traum'
B) 'Satan'
C) 'Mark Twain'
D) 'No. 44'

17. What is the name of the opera inspired by 'The Mysterious Stranger'?

A) 'Mysterious 44'
B) 'The Adventures of Mark Twain'
C) 'Twain's Tales'
D) 'Satan's Symphony'

18. Who narrated the introduction and conclusion of 'Mysterious 44' opera?

A) Carl Sagan
B) Stephen Hawking
C) Neil deGrasse Tyson
D) Richard Dawkins

19. Which video game features a side quest loosely adapted from 'The Mysterious Stranger'?

A) 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'
B) 'Assassin's Creed'
C) 'Red Dead Redemption'
D) 'Grand Theft Auto'

20. In which year was the scholarly edition of all three manuscripts published by the University of California Press?

A) 2005
B) 1982
C) 1969
D) 2014

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