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