- 1. Who directed the film 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Stanley Kubrick
B) Federico Fellini
C) Ingmar Bergman
D) Akira Kurosawa
- 2. In which country does 'The Seventh Seal' take place?
A) Italy
B) Sweden
C) Germany
D) France
- 3. What year was 'The Seventh Seal' released?
A) 1973
B) 1957
C) 1965
D) 1940
- 4. Who is responsible for the iconic cinematography in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Gunnar Fischer
B) Vittorio Storaro
C) Emmanuel Lubezki
D) Roger Deakins
- 5. What iconic figure does Antonius Block play a game of chess with?
A) A Witch
B) The Devil
C) Death
D) An Angel
- 6. Who plays the main character, Antonius Block, in the film?
A) Max von Sydow
B) Ingrid Thulin
C) Bibi Andersson
D) Gunnar Björnstrand
- 7. What is the profession of Antonius Block in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Knight
B) Doctor
C) Blacksmith
D) Baker
- 8. What does Antonius Block challenge Death to in order to gain more time to live?
A) A duel
B) A riddle contest
C) A race
D) A game of chess
- 9. Which plague ravages the land in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Ebola
B) The Black Death
C) Cholera
D) The Spanish Flu
- 10. What is the name of the knight in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Gunnar
B) Antonius Block
C) Sir Lancelot
D) Sigfrid
- 11. What is the name of Antonius Block's squire?
A) Olaf
B) Gustav
C) Jöns
D) Erik
- 12. What does Antonius Block seek to perform after the Crusades?
A) A pilgrimage to Jerusalem
B) Retirement in a monastery
C) A journey across Europe
D) One meaningful deed
- 13. What does Jöns do when he encounters Raval again?
A) He forgives him
B) He slashes Raval's face
C) He ignores him
D) He offers help
- 14. What does Antonius Block give to the condemned woman before her execution?
A) A cross
B) A letter
C) Money
D) Herbs to take away her pain
- 15. Who is Jof's wife in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Karin
B) Anna
C) Mia
D) Elsa
- 16. What does Death impersonate during the confessional scene?
A) A fellow knight.
B) A member of the family of actors.
C) The confessional priest.
D) An actor in the play.
- 17. What does Antonius Block compare faith to during his conversation with the family?
A) Loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears.
B) Walking through a desert without water.
C) Building a house on sand.
D) Searching for a lost treasure.
- 18. Which of the following works did Bergman direct before 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Novels by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.
B) Films by Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick.
C) Plays by Shakespeare, Strindberg, and Camus.
D) Poems by Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson.
- 19. Which film festival award did 'The Seventh Seal' win in 1957?
A) Palme d'Or at Cannes
B) The jury's special prize at Cannes
C) Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars
D) Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
- 20. What was Bergman's father's profession?
A) University professor
B) Priest in a local parish
C) Archbishop
D) Chaplain at the Royal Hospital Sophiahemmet
- 21. Which movement is noted as foreign to Sweden during the time portrayed in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Reformation
B) Crusades
C) Hussite Wars
D) Flagellant movement
- 22. Which publication identified 'The Seventh Seal' as beginning a series exploring faith in the post-Holocaust era?
A) America, a Jesuit publication
B) Time Magazine
C) The New Yorker
D) Variety
- 23. What did Bergman's adolescent infatuation with Hitler later cause him?
A) Deep torment
B) Indifference
C) Inspiration for his films
D) A sense of pride
- 24. In what year was the play 'Trämålning' originally written by Ingmar Bergman?
A) 1957
B) 1956
C) 1955
D) 1953 / 1954
- 25. Who directed the stage performance of 'Trämålning' in Stockholm?
A) Ingmar Bergman
B) Max von Sydow
C) Bengt Ekerot
D) Carl-Anders Dymling
- 26. How many times did Bergman rewrite the script for 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) three
B) five
C) seven
D) ten
- 27. What was the budget allocated for 'The Seventeenth Seal'?
A) $100,000
B) $200,000
C) $250,000
D) $150,000
- 28. Where were the iconic scenes with Death and the Knight playing chess filmed?
A) Karolinska Hospital
B) Filmstaden studios
C) Malmö City Theatre
D) Hovs Hallar
- 29. Which film critic called 'The Seventh Seal' 'A magically powerful film.'?
A) Pauline Kael
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Nils Beyer
D) Hanserik Hjertén
- 30. Which publication ranked 'The Seventh Seal' 2nd on its Top 10 Films of the Year List in 1958?
A) Morgon-tidningen
B) Cahiers du Cinéma
C) The New York Times
D) Arbetaren
- 31. In which year did The Village Voice rank 'The Seventh Seal' at number 33 in its Top 250 'Best Films of the Century' list?
A) 1999
B) 2002
C) 2010
D) 2007
- 32. Which magazine ranked 'The Seventh Seal' as the eighth-greatest film of world cinema in 2010?
A) The Guardian
B) Time Out
C) Entertainment Weekly
D) Empire
- 33. In what year did The Seventh Seal rank 93rd on critic's poll and 75th on director's poll in Sight & Sound magazine's 100 greatest films of all time list?
A) 1999
B) 2012
C) 2022
D) 2007
- 34. Which publication voted 'The Seventh Seal' at No. 45 on their list of 100 Greatest Movies of All Time?
A) Entertainment Weekly
B) The Village Voice
C) Metacritic
D) Empire
- 35. What was the approval rating for 'The Seventh Seal' on Rotten Tomatoes based on 72 reviews?
A) 93%
B) 75%
C) 88%
D) 85%
- 36. In which year did The Guardian's readers poll rank 'The Seventh Seal' as the 13th greatest foreign film of all time?
A) 2012
B) 1999
C) 2007
D) 2022
- 37. Which Indian filmmaker praised 'The Seventh Seal' for being appealing to the eye even without subtitles?
A) Satyajit Ray
B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
D) Raj Kapoor
- 38. In what year was 'The Seventh Seal' included on the list of the 'Top 100 Essential Films of All Time' by the National Society of Film Critics?
A) 2002
B) 2022
C) 2012
D) 1999
- 39. What rating did 'The Seventh Seal' receive on Metacritic based on 15 reviews?
A) 75%
B) 85%
C) 93%
D) 88/100
- 40. In which year was 'The Seventh Seal' selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 30th Academy Awards?
A) 1970
B) 1960
C) 1980
D) 1958
- 41. What was 'The Seventh Seal's' rank in BBC's list of The 100 greatest foreign language films in 2018?
A) 72nd
B) 30th
C) 45th
D) 93rd
- 42. In the 2022 edition of Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time list, what was 'The Seventh Seal's' rank in the director's poll?
A) 93rd
B) 72nd
C) 35th
D) 75th
- 43. In what year was 'The Seventh Seal' included in film critic Roger Ebert's list of 'The Great Movies'?
A) 2022
B) 1999
C) 2000
D) 2012
- 44. In which year did the Vatican include 'The Seventh Seal' in its list of 45 'great films' for its thematic values?
A) 1995
B) 2002
C) 2012
D) 2022
- 45. What was the average rating for 'The Seventh Seal' on Rotten Tomatoes based on 72 reviews?
A) 8.50/10
B) 7.90/10
C) 8.80/10
D) 9.20/10
- 46. In which Animaniacs episode does a character play checkers against Death?
A) "Meatballs or Consequences"
B) "The Good, the Bad and Hades"
C) "The Warners' Christmas Carol"
D) "A Fish Called Selma"
- 47. Who premiered music for 'The Seventh Seal' at Scandinavia House in New York City in 2016?
A) João MacDowell
B) Philip Glass
C) John Adams
D) Steve Reich
- 48. In what year was the Ingmar Bergman centenary celebrated with an opera based on 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) 2018
B) 1997
C) 2003
D) 2021
- 49. Which song by Scott Walker references the plot of 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) "The Seventh Seal"
B) "It's Raining Today"
C) "The Big Hurt"
D) "The Girls from the Streets"
- 50. In which song by Bruce Cockburn is 'The Seventh Seal' mentioned?
A) "How I Spent My Fall Vacation"
B) "If a Tree Falls"
C) "Lovers in a Dangerous Time"
D) "Call It Democracy"
- 51. Which film features a parody where Death plays badminton?
A) 'The Seventh Seal'
B) 'Persona'
C) 'Wild Strawberries'
D) 'De Düva'
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