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Don Quixote film
  • 1. What is the title of the 1947 film based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra?
A) Don Quixote de la Mancha
B) The Ingenious Hidalgo
C) El Cid
D) La Galatea
  • 2. Who directed and adapted the 1947 film version of Don Quixote?
A) Miguel de Cervantes
B) Ernesto Halffter
C) G.W. Pabst
D) Rafael Gil
  • 3. In what year was Rafael Gil's Don Quixote released?
A) 1950
B) 1949
C) 1933
D) 1947
  • 4. What was the runtime of the 1947 Don Quixote film, excluding the intermission?
A) One hour and fifty minutes
B) Two hours and twelve minutes
C) Three hours
D) One hundred and seven minutes
  • 5. Which character's subplots were kept in this film, despite usually being omitted in other versions?
A) Cardenio, Dorotea, and Don Fernando
B) Sancho Panza and Sanson Carrasco
C) The local priest and barber
D) Antonia and Sanson Carrasco
  • 6. Who starred as Don Quixote in the 1947 film?
A) Rafael Rivelles
B) Juan Calvo
C) Ernesto Halffter
D) Fernando Rey
  • 7. Who played the role of Sancho Panza?
A) Rafael Gil
B) Juan Calvo
C) Rafael Rivelles
D) Fernando Rey
  • 8. Which young actor played Sanson Carrasco?
A) Fernando Rey
B) Juan Calvo
C) Rafael Rivelles
D) Miguel de Cervantes
  • 9. Who played Antonia, Quixote's niece, in the film?
A) Sara Montiel
B) Cervantes' wife
C) Dorotea
D) An unnamed actress
  • 10. Who composed the music for the 1947 film?
A) Miguel de Cervantes
B) Rafael Rivelles
C) Ernesto Halffter
D) Rafael Gil
  • 11. Where was the movie primarily shot on location?
A) Hollywood studios
B) Mexico and South America
C) Italy and France
D) La Mancha and other Spanish regions
  • 12. In what year did the film open in the United States?
A) 1933
B) 1952
C) 1949
D) 1947
  • 13. What was the runtime of the film during its American runs?
A) 107 minutes
B) 132 minutes
C) 90 minutes
D) 120 minutes
  • 14. What is the real name of the gentleman from La Mancha before he becomes Don Quixote?
A) Sansón Carrasco
B) Alonso Quijano
C) Don Fernando
D) Cardenio
  • 15. What causes Alonso Quijano to believe himself to be a gentleman?
A) An order from the local priest
B) A blow to the head in battle
C) Reading chivalric books over and over again
D) Inheriting a knight's armor
  • 16. Who tries to discourage Alonso from beginning his journey, to no avail?
A) Sansón Carrasco and Antonia
B) The local priest and barber
C) Sancho Panza and Dorotea
D) Don Fernando and Cardenio
  • 17. Whom does Alonso name as his squire?
A) Don Fernando
B) Sancho Panza
C) Cardenio
D) Sansón Carrasco
  • 18. What does Don Quixote mistakenly attack, thinking they are giants?
A) Monasteries
B) Mills
C) Prisons
D) Flocks of sheep
  • 19. What does Don Quixote mistake flocks of sheep for?
A) Enchanted knights
B) Armies about to engage in a fight
C) Giants guarding a castle
D) A royal procession
  • 20. How does Don Quixote return home after deciding to exile himself in the mountains?
A) On a white horse
B) In a wooden cell
C) In a carriage
D) Walking on foot
  • 21. Who helps bring Don Quixote back home from the mountains?
A) Sara Montiel and Rafael Rivelles
B) Sansón Carrasco and Antonia
C) Sancho Panza, the priest, and the barber
D) Dorotea and Don Fernando
  • 22. Why do many people come to know Don Quixote's name after his first misadventures are published?
A) Because he rescued a princess
B) Because he became a king
C) Because of his great military victories
D) Because of his madness
  • 23. Who encourages Don Quixote to make a second outing?
A) Antonia
B) Sansón Carrasco
C) Sancho Panza
D) The local priest
  • 24. How does Sansón Carrasco initially try to make Don Quixote return home during the second outing?
A) By disguising himself as a knight to defeat him in a duel
B) By telling him the books were burned
C) By locking him in a wooden cell
D) By pretending to be a giant
  • 25. Who wins the first duel between Don Quixote and the disguised Sansón Carrasco?
A) The priest
B) Sansón Carrasco
C) Don Quixote
D) Sancho Panza
  • 26. What condition must Don Quixote fulfill after finally losing a duel to Sansón Carrasco?
A) Spend a year without undertaking any feat
B) Give all his money to the barber
C) Never read a book again
D) Become the new local priest
  • 27. Where does Don Quixote spend his last days before dying?
A) In a monastery
B) In the mountains in a wooden cell
C) Sheltered by his friends and his family
D) Traveling across Spain
  • 28. Which earlier film version scrambled up the order of the adventures instead of following the book reverently?
A) The 1950 Spanish version
B) G.W. Pabst's 1933 version
C) Rafael Gil's 1947 version
D) The 1949 American version
  • 29. What kind of film milestone was Rafael Gil's version in its day for Spanish cinema?
A) A huge undertaking
B) A minor independent project
C) A short experimental film
D) A financial failure during production
  • 30. What did Don Quixote do almost by accident that led to his self-imposed exile in the mountains?
A) Burned down a mill
B) Freed some prisoners
C) Defeated Sansón Carrasco
D) Stole a flock of sheep
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