Faust - Exam
Faust
  • 1. Who makes a pact with Faust in exchange for his soul?
A) Gretchen
B) Mephistopheles
C) Valentine
D) Margarete
  • 2. What is the setting of 'Faust'?
A) Italy
B) Russia
C) Germany
D) France
  • 3. Who wrote the play 'Faust'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Franz Kafka
C) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D) Friedrich Schiller
  • 4. What is the ultimate fate of Faust's soul in 'Faust'?
A) Damned
B) Absorbed
C) Lost
D) Redeemed
  • 5. Which character represents the good and virtuous aspects in 'Faust'?
A) Margarete
B) Mephistopheles
C) Valentine
D) Gretchen
  • 6. What is the genre of 'Faust'?
A) Comedy
B) Romance
C) Adventure
D) Tragedy
  • 7. Who is Faust's student and assistant in 'Faust'?
A) Valentine
B) Mephistopheles
C) Wagner
D) Gretchen
  • 8. What does Mephistopheles represent in Goethe's 'Faust'?
A) A lover
B) An angel
C) A friend
D) The devil
  • 9. Which century did Johann Georg Faust live in?
A) 19th and 20th centuries
B) 14th and 15th centuries
C) 17th and 18th centuries
D) 15th and 16th centuries (c. 1480–1540)
  • 10. What does the term 'Faustian' imply?
A) Living a life of humility and service
B) Pursuing a life of asceticism and spirituality
C) Sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge, or material gain.
D) Seeking divine knowledge over human knowledge
  • 11. Who popularized the Faust story in England?
A) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
B) Christopher Marlowe
C) Mephistopheles
D) Gretchen
  • 12. In which play did Christopher Marlowe tell the story of Faust?
A) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
B) Doctor Faustus and His Demons
C) Faust: A Tragedy
D) The Life of Faust
  • 13. What does Faust exchange his soul for?
A) A position of power
B) Eternal life
C) Divine forgiveness
D) Unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.
  • 14. What is the duration of Mephistopheles' servitude to Faust?
A) Ten years
B) For eternity
C) Until Faust's death
D) A single year.
  • 15. What tragic event befalls Gretchen in Goethe's version of the story?
A) She inherits a fortune
B) She becomes a nun
C) She drowns her child and is sentenced to death for murder.
D) She marries Faust
  • 16. How is Gretchen ultimately saved in Goethe's version?
A) By her innocence and Gretchen's pleadings with God.
B) By Mephistopheles' mercy
C) By Faust sacrificing himself for her
D) By escaping to another country
  • 17. What is the fate of Faust in early versions of the tale?
A) He gains eternal life
B) He is irrevocably corrupted and carried off to Hell.
C) He lives happily ever after
D) He becomes a saint
  • 18. In Marlowe's version, what is the alternate name for Wittenburg?
A) Donaueschingen
B) Cambridge
C) Staufen
D) Wertenberge.
  • 19. Which location is suggested by some scholars as the setting for Marlowe's Faust?
A) Donaueschingen
B) Wittenburg
C) The Duchy of Württemberg.
D) Staufen
  • 20. What is one possible allusion for the setting in Marlowe's Faust?
A) Marlowe's own Cambridge.
B) Württemberg
C) Donaueschingen
D) Staufen
  • 21. In which year was Marlowe's 'The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus' published?
A) 1808
B) circa 1604
C) 1832
D) 1592
  • 22. In Thomas Mann's 'Doctor Faustus', what disease does Adrian Leverkühn contract?
A) Cholera
B) Tuberculosis
C) Typhoid fever
D) Syphilis
  • 23. Who defends Jabez Stone in 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'?
A) Mr. Scratch
B) Jabez's neighbor
C) Judge of the damned
D) Daniel Webster
  • 24. What year does Adrian Leverkühn present his final masterwork?
A) 1940
B) 1925
C) 1918
D) 1930
  • 25. Who adapted 'The Devil and Daniel Webster' into a movie in 1941?
A) Walter Huston, James Craig, Edward Arnold
B) Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
C) Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
D) Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Paul Henreid
  • 26. Who is the author of 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Stephen Vincent Benét
C) Washington Irving
D) Fernando Pessoa
  • 27. What does Jabez Stone suffer from before meeting Mr. Scratch?
A) Unending bad luck
B) A broken leg
C) A financial crisis
D) A family feud
  • 28. What year does Adrian Leverkühn die in 'Doctor Faustus'?
A) 1923
B) 1939
C) 1945
D) 1940
  • 29. In which year was Stephen Vincent Benét's short story 'The Devil and Daniel Webster' published?
A) 1950
B) 1945
C) 1929
D) 1937
  • 30. Which company copyrighted 'Faust and Marguerite' in 1900?
A) Universal Studios
B) Warner Bros.
C) Edison Manufacturing Co.
D) Paramount Pictures
  • 31. What event causes Faust to reconsider his decision to burn his books?
A) His assistant warns him of the danger.
B) An angel visits him in a dream.
C) A wind turns over some cabalistic leaves, catching his eye.
D) He receives a letter from Mephisto.
  • 32. What is sent by Mephisto to Faust's small town?
A) Floodwaters.
B) A firestorm.
C) An army of demons.
D) A plague.
  • 33. Who starred as the Daniel Webster-like savior in 'Crossroads'?
A) Leonardo DiCaprio
B) Brad Pitt
C) Tom Cruise
D) Ralph Macchio
  • 34. Which symphony by Gustav Mahler includes a movement inspired by Faust?
A) Symphony No. 9
B) Symphony No. 8
C) Symphony No. 4
D) Symphony No. 5
  • 35. Which actor played The Evil Angel in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation directed by Sue Wilson on 24 December 1985?
A) Maurice Denham
B) Barrie Rutter
C) Eric Peterson
D) Janet McTeer
  • 36. For whom does abandoning one's genuine feeling self offer a viable form of life, according to the text?
A) The extrovert
B) The neurotic
C) The introvert
D) The psychotic
  • 37. Which actor played Mephistophilis in the BBC Light Programme broadcast on 18 October 1949?
A) Laidman Browne
B) Peter Ustinov
C) Esme Percy
D) Philip Voss
  • 38. Which band released 'Faust' on their album 'Digital Veil'?
A) The Human Abstract
B) Cradle of Filth
C) Belzebubs
D) Switchfoot
  • 39. 'Faust' directed by Aleksandr Sokurov is in which language?
A) English
B) Spanish
C) German
D) Greek
  • 40. Who was the director of the BBC Radio 4's 15-Minute Theatre adaptation broadcast from 18–22 February 2008?
A) Emma Harding
B) Sue Wilson
C) Martin Jenkins
D) Nadia Molinari
  • 41. Which video game features a character named 'Faust'?
A) Limbus Company
B) Promise of Wizard
C) Guilty Gear
D) Shaman King
  • 42. Which band's album 'The Killing Gods' includes tracks inspired by Goethe's Faust?
A) Misery Index
B) Epica
C) Avantasia
D) Kamelot
  • 43. Which director is associated with the film 'Woe to the Young'?
A) István Szabó
B) Brian DePalma
C) Alekos Sakellarios
D) René Clair
  • 44. Who stars as Johnny Faust in 'American Satan'?
A) Dimitris Horn
B) Johannes Zeiler
C) Andy Biersack
D) Anton Adasinsky
  • 45. Which musical adaptation set the Faust theme in mid-20th century American baseball?
A) Damn Yankees
B) Epica
C) Crossroads
D) The Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps' 2006 show
  • 46. Which director created 'The Last Faust', a feature art film based on Goethe's work?
A) Brian Yuzna
B) Ash Avildsen
C) Aleksandr Sokurov
D) Philipp Humm
  • 47. Which actor played Faustus in the BBC Radio 4's 15-Minute Theatre adaptation?
A) Julian Rhind-Tutt
B) Paterson Joseph
C) Kenneth Welsh
D) Stephen Moore
  • 48. Which opera is based on Part I of Goethe's Faust?
A) Doktor Faust
B) Havergal Brian's Faust
C) La Damnation de Faust
D) Mefistofele
  • 49. From which album is Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody', inspired by Faust?
A) News of the World
B) Sheer Heart Attack
C) A Night at the Opera
D) Jazz
  • 50. Who played Faustus in the BBC Third Programme adaptation on 11 October 1946?
A) Stephen Murray
B) Alec Guinness
C) Robert Harris
D) Ion Swinley
  • 51. Which opera by Arrigo Boito is based on the Faust legend?
A) La Damnation de Faust
B) Faust (Gounod)
C) Doktor Faust
D) Mefistofele
  • 52. Which band performed 'The Small Print', originally titled 'Action Faust'?
A) Gorillaz
B) Queen
C) Radiohead
D) Muse
  • 53. What is the cost for the psychotic in making a Faustian bargain?
A) Achieving emotional stability
B) Developing strong relationships
C) Living in unreality
D) Gaining true self-awareness
  • 54. What genre is 'Phantom of the Paradise' classified as?
A) Drama
B) Horror film
C) Comedy
D) Documentary
  • 55. Who directed the BBC Radio 3 adaptation broadcast on 24 December 1985?
A) Sue Wilson
B) Emma Harding
C) Nadia Molinari
D) Martin Jenkins
  • 56. Which opera by Charles Gounod is based on a French libretto?
A) Mefistofele
B) La Damnation de Faust
C) Faust
D) Doktor Faust
  • 57. 'Faust, Midas and Myself' is a song by which band?
A) Switchfoot
B) Muse
C) Agalloch
D) Radiohead
  • 58. Which actor played Wagner in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation directed by Nadia Molinari in September 2007?
A) Thom Tuck
B) Ray Fearon
C) Toby Jones
D) Pearl Mackie
  • 59. Who played Mephistophilis in the Oxford University Dramatic Society performance on 13 April 1934?
A) P.B.P. Glenville
B) Laidman Browne
C) Robert Farquharson
D) Esme Percy
  • 60. Who played The Good Angel in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation directed by Emma Harding on 19 September 2021?
A) Pearl Mackie
B) Barrie Rutter
C) Janet McTeer
D) Frances Tomelty
  • 61. Who played the Emperor in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation broadcast in September 2007?
A) Rupert Davies
B) Anton Lesser
C) Pearl Mackie
D) Toby Jones
  • 62. Which manga features a character named 'Faust VIII'?
A) One Piece
B) Naruto
C) Shaman King
D) Attack on Titan
  • 63. On which date did the BBC Regional Programme broadcast 'A Tragical History of the Renaissance'?
A) 13 April 1934
B) 29 June 1932
C) 18 October 1949
D) 11 October 1946
  • 64. Which composer's Faust opera was premiered in 1995?
A) Hector Berlioz
B) Alfred Schnittke
C) Ferruccio Busoni
D) Rudolf Volz
  • 65. Who played Lucifer in the BBC Light Programme broadcast on 18 October 1949?
A) Maurice Denham
B) John Hollis
C) Rupert Davies
D) Barrie Rutter
  • 66. In which year did BBC Radio 3 broadcast an adaptation directed by Nadia Molinari?
A) 2008
B) 2007
C) 2021
D) 1985
  • 67. In 'La Beauté du diable', who plays the dual role as Mephistopheles and older Faust?
A) Johannes Zeiler
B) Richard Burton
C) Michel Simon
D) Gérard Philipe
  • 68. Who played the role of Mephistopheles in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation adaptation broadcast in 2001?
A) John Heffernan
B) Eric Peterson
C) Philip Voss
D) Ray Fearon
  • 69. Who played Faustus in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation adaptation broadcast in 2001?
A) Paterson Joseph
B) John Heffernan
C) Kenneth Welsh
D) Stephen Moore
  • 70. In which year was 'Mephisto', directed by István Szabó, released?
A) 1994
B) 2017
C) 1981
D) 1974
  • 71. Which film directed by René Clair was released in 1950?
A) Doctor Faustus
B) La Beauté du diable
C) Phantom of the Paradise
D) Mephisto
  • 72. Which composer wrote 'Scenes from Goethe's Faust'?
A) Richard Wagner
B) Franz Liszt
C) Robert Schumann
D) Gustav Mahler
  • 73. Who directed the BBC Radio 3 adaptation broadcast on 19 September 2021?
A) Emma Harding
B) Martin Jenkins
C) Nadia Molinari
D) Sue Wilson
  • 74. Which composer created an early operatic adaptation of Faust in 1816?
A) Louis Spohr
B) Hector Berlioz
C) Ferruccio Busoni
D) Charles Gounod
  • 75. Which band released 'Faustian Echoes'?
A) Muse
B) Agalloch
C) Queen
D) Radiohead
  • 76. Which actor played Mephistophilis in the BBC Third Programme adaptation on 11 October 1946?
A) Esme Percy
B) Robert Farquharson
C) Philip Voss
D) Laidman Browne
  • 77. Which actor played both Faustus and Mephistopheles in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation on 19 September 2021?
A) Paterson Joseph
B) John Heffernan
C) Kenneth Welsh
D) Stephen Moore
  • 78. Who composed La Damnation de Faust in 1846?
A) Charles Gounod
B) Hector Berlioz
C) Alfred Schnittke
D) Rudolf Volz
  • 79. What is the primary focus of psychodynamic therapy as described?
A) Enhancing athletic performance
B) Improving financial decision-making
C) Treating physical illnesses
D) Explaining defense mechanisms
  • 80. What is the origin of the defense mechanisms discussed in psychodynamic therapy?
A) Developed during adulthood
B) Inherited genetically
C) Acquired through education
D) Rooted in childhood
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