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The Mysterious Stranger - Test
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  • 1. Who wrote 'The Mysterious Stranger'?
A) Herman Melville
B) F. Scott Fitzgerald
C) O. Henry
D) Mark Twain
  • 2. Over what years did Mark Twain work on 'The Mysterious Stranger'?
A) 1897 through 1908
B) 1870 through 1880
C) 1885 through 1895
D) 1910 through 1920
  • 3. Which supernatural character appears in all versions of 'The Mysterious Stranger'?
A) The Invisible Man
B) Dracula
C) 'Satan' or 'No. 44'
D) Frankenstein's Monster
  • 4. In which version do Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer encounter the supernatural character?
A) 'St. Petersburg Fragment'
B) 'No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger'
C) 'The Chronicle of Young Satan'
D) 'Schoolhouse Hill' or 'Hannibal' version
  • 5. What is the word count of 'The Chronicle of Young Satan'?
A) About 55,000 words
B) 65,000 words
C) 100,000 words
D) 15,300 words
  • 6. Where is the 'St. Petersburg Fragment' set?
A) In New York City
B) In Vienna, Austria
C) In Hannibal, Missouri
D) In a fictional town of St. Petersburg
  • 7. What is the German name for 'Eseldorf', and what does it translate to?
A) 'Assville' or 'Donkeytown'
B) 'Catstown' or 'Kittytown'
C) 'Birdville' or 'Aviarytown'
D) 'Horseville' or 'Stabletown'
  • 8. In which year is 'No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger' set?
A) 1800
B) 1490
C) 1702
D) 1600
  • 9. What concept involving a duality of the 'self' is explored in 'No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger'?
A) 'Real Self' and 'Imagined Self'
B) 'Day Self' and 'Night Self'
C) 'Waking Self' and 'Dream Self'
D) 'Past Self' and 'Future Self'
  • 10. Who had sole possession of Twain's unfinished works after his death?
A) John S. Tuckey
B) Albert Bigelow Paine
C) Mark Twain Jr.
D) Bernard DeVoto
  • 11. What was the nature of the 1916 edition of 'The Mysterious Stranger'?
A) A collection of unrelated short stories
B) A modern adaptation by another author
C) It was a heavily edited version with an altered ending
D) An unaltered original manuscript
  • 12. Who discovered that Paine had tampered with Twain's manuscripts?
A) Albert Bigelow Paine
B) John S. Tuckey and his team
C) Bernard DeVoto
D) Mark Twain Jr.
  • 13. What is the main theme of 'The Mysterious Stranger'?
A) A romance between two young lovers
B) An adventure story about treasure hunting
C) A celebration of religious faith
D) Criticism of conventional religion and the nature of existence
  • 14. What is Satan's explanation for the universe in 'The Mysterious Stranger'?
A) 'The universe is a complex machine governed by laws of physics.'
B) 'It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you.'
C) 'Mankind is the pinnacle of creation, destined to rule the world.'
D) 'God created everything with love and purpose.'
  • 15. Which film adaptation of 'No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger' was directed by Peter H. Hunt?
A) Filipp Traum (1989)
B) 1982 film version shown on PBS and HBO
C) Day of the Stranger (2019)
D) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
  • 16. What is the name used by Satan in the Soviet film adaptation 'Filipp Traum'?
A) 'Mark Twain'
B) 'Satan'
C) 'No. 44'
D) 'Philipp Traum'
  • 17. What is the name of the opera inspired by 'The Mysterious Stranger'?
A) 'Satan's Symphony'
B) 'Mysterious 44'
C) 'The Adventures of Mark Twain'
D) 'Twain's Tales'
  • 18. Who narrated the introduction and conclusion of 'Mysterious 44' opera?
A) Carl Sagan
B) Richard Dawkins
C) Neil deGrasse Tyson
D) Stephen Hawking
  • 19. Which video game features a side quest loosely adapted from 'The Mysterious Stranger'?
A) 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'
B) 'Red Dead Redemption'
C) 'Grand Theft Auto'
D) 'Assassin's Creed'
  • 20. In which year was the scholarly edition of all three manuscripts published by the University of California Press?
A) 1969
B) 2014
C) 2005
D) 1982
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