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