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The Good Soldier Švejk - Quiz
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  • 1. Who published the first English translation of The Good Soldier Švejk in 1930?
A) Zdeněk K. Sadloň
B) Cecil Parrott
C) Emmett Joyce
D) Paul Selver
  • 2. How is the 1930 translation by Paul Selver described?
A) Unabridged and literal
B) Illustrated and annotated
C) Illuminating and modern
D) Abridged and bowdlerised
  • 3. What is the primary characteristic of the translation by Cecil Parrott?
A) It was written by a native Czech speaker
B) It was heavily abridged
C) It was published in 1930
D) It is the first unabridged translation
  • 4. Which professional role did Cecil Parrott hold before translating the book?
A) Editor at Penguin books
B) Professor of Czech studies
C) British ambassador to Czechoslovakia
D) Literary critic
  • 5. What criticism is leveled against Cecil Parrott's translation style?
A) He failed to include illustrations
B) He bowdlerized the text too heavily
C) He omitted too many offensive pages
D) He is sometimes unimaginatively literal
  • 6. Who illustrated the version of the book translated by Cecil Parrott?
A) Zdeněk K. Sadloň
B) Josef Lada
C) Paul Selver
D) Robert Pynsent
  • 7. How much of the original novel remained in Paul Selver's translation?
A) About three quarters
B) About one half
C) The entire novel
D) About two thirds
  • 8. What is noted as a strength of Paul Selver's translation?
A) His command of English slang
B) The complete lack of bowdlerization
C) His literal interpretation of the text
D) Preserving tension between Literary and Common Czech
  • 9. Who was the collaborator on the first edition of Book One for the Sadloň translation?
A) Cecil Parrott
B) Robert Pynsent
C) Emmett Joyce
D) Paul Selver
  • 10. How is the Sadloň translation described in the provided text?
A) A 1930 classic text
B) An abridged and bowdlerised version
C) A literal but unimaginative translation
D) An illuminating translation by a native Czech speaker
  • 11. In what collection was the Cecil Parrott translation included in 1993?
A) AuthorHouse Collections
B) Everyman's Library
C) IngramSpark Library
D) Penguin Classics
  • 12. What is one reason Parrott's translation sometimes sounds awkward?
A) It was bowdlerized too much
B) Lack of illustrations
C) Uncertain command of English slang registers
D) It was too short
  • 13. Which translation is referred to as the 'Centennial Edition'?
A) The translation by Cecil Parrott
B) The translation by Paul Selver
C) The translation by Zdeněk K. Sadloň
D) The translation by Emmett Joyce
  • 14. What kind of text was removed by Paul Selver during his bowdlerization process?
A) All dialogue in Common Czech
B) Paragraphs and pages that seemed offensive
C) The bibliography and chronology
D) All mentions of the World War
  • 15. In which city did the 1927-1928 stage adaptation of The Good Soldier Schwejk take place?
A) Berlin
B) London
C) Prague
D) New York
  • 16. Who created the sets for the 1927-1928 Piscatorbühne stage play?
A) Erwin Piscator
B) Max Brod
C) Bertolt Brecht
D) George Grosz
  • 17. Which person commissioned Arthur Koestler to write a sequel to the novel in 1935?
A) Willy Münzenberg
B) Hans Reimann
C) Max Brod
D) Bertolt Brecht
  • 18. Why was Koestler's project 'The Good Soldier Schweik Goes to War Again' cancelled?
A) Lack of funding
B) Copyright issues
C) Pacifist errors
D) Low literary quality
  • 19. In what year did Robert Kurka's opera based on the novel premiere?
A) 1986
B) 1943
C) 2002
D) 1958
  • 20. Who wrote the play 'Schweik in the Second World War' in 1943?
A) Robert Kurka
B) Arthur Koestler
C) Bertolt Brecht
D) Max Brod
  • 21. Which radio station broadcast a six-part adaptation in Irish in 1986?
A) Prager Tagblatt
B) Deutsche Volkszeitung
C) BBC Radio 4
D) RTÉ Radio 1
  • 22. Who is the author of the 2002 play 'The Good Soldier Schweik goes to Heaven'?
A) Breandán Ó hEithir
B) Sam Kelly
C) Christine Edzard
D) Sotha
  • 23. How many languages was The Good Soldier Švejk translated into by 2013?
A) 20
B) 58
C) 100
D) 10
  • 24. In which newspaper were the first German excerpts of the novel published?
A) Berlin Zeitung
B) Deutsche Volkszeitung
C) New York Times
D) Prager Tagblatt
  • 25. Who translated the first chapter of the novel into German shortly after Hašek's death?
A) Grete Reiner
B) Arthur Koestler
C) Bertolt Brecht
D) Max Brod
  • 26. What was the occupation of Grete Reiner?
A) Propagandist
B) Executive editor
C) Stage director
D) Radio broadcaster
  • 27. In what year did the National Socialists burn Grete Reiner's translation?
A) 1944
B) 1958
C) 1926
D) 1933
  • 28. Where was Grete Reiner murdered in 1944?
A) Berlin
B) Prague
C) Auschwitz
D) New York
  • 29. Who directed the 2017-2018 stage play in the United Kingdom?
A) Max Brod
B) Robert Kurka
C) Sotha
D) Christine Edzard
  • 30. Which anti-war novel did Joseph Heller claim he would not have written if he hadn't read The Good Soldier Švejk?
A) All Quiet on the Western Front
B) Svejk on Mars
C) The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht
D) Catch-22
  • 31. Which of these is a listed 1920s play title that featured the character of Švejk?
A) The Death of Svejk
B) Svejk on Mars
C) Svejk the General
D) Svejk in the Trenches
  • 32. Which film director claimed the character of Harry Langdon was inspired by The Good Soldier Švejk?
A) Joseph Heller
B) John Willett
C) Bertolt Brecht
D) Frank Capra
  • 33. What prop did the man at the 2002 NATO summit use to impersonate Švejk?
A) Typical crutches
B) A pair of broken spectacles
C) An old army rifle
D) A wooden sword
  • 34. Who is the author of The Good Soldier Švejk?
A) Karel Vaněk
B) Josef Lada
C) Jaroslav Hašek
D) Petr Urban
  • 35. What is the original Czech title of the novel?
A) Švejk v revoluci
B) Dobrý voják Švejk v zajetí
C) Osudy dobrého vojáka v první válce
D) Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války
  • 36. In what years was the novel originally published?
A) 1914–1918
B) 1921–1923
C) 1901–1903
D) 1923–1949
  • 37. How did Jaroslav Hašek die?
A) Old age
B) Heart failure
C) In battle
D) Pneumonia
  • 38. What is the setting of The Good Soldier Švejk?
A) The Austro-Prussian War
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) The Napoleonic Wars
  • 39. In what military unit did Hašek serve, inspiring characters in the book?
A) The Royal Guard
B) The 3rd Cavalry
C) 91st Infantry Regiment
D) 585th Infantry Regiment
  • 40. Who is the secret policeman that tries to incriminate Švejk?
A) Lukáš
B) Palivec
C) Bretschneider
D) Slavík
  • 41. What is Švejk's job in civilian life?
A) A chemist
B) A miller
C) A schoolmaster
D) A fence specializing in stolen dogs
  • 42. Who is the landlord of the pub 'U Kalicha'?
A) Palivec
B) Slavík
C) Vaněk
D) Bretschneider
  • 43. Who is the army chaplain that Švejk first serves as a batman?
A) Ságner
B) Lukáš
C) Otto Katz
D) Martinec
  • 44. What ailment does Švejk claim to have to avoid walking to the recruitment office?
A) Mental illness
B) Heart failure
C) Cholera
D) Rheumatism
  • 45. What town does Švejk try to reach but misses all the trains to?
A) Prague
B) České Budějovice
C) Sarajevo
D) Bruck an der Leitha
  • 46. What is 2nd Lieutenant Dub's profession in civilian life?
A) Miller
B) Chemist
C) Furrier
D) Schoolmaster
  • 47. What does the word 'dub' mean in Slavonic languages, which is used as a pun for the lieutenant?
A) Traitor
B) Soldier
C) Oak
D) Scholar
  • 48. Who is the battalion's spiritualist cook?
A) Marek
B) Baloun
C) Vaněk
D) Jurajda
  • 49. Who is the gluttonous miller who succeeds Švejk as Lukáš's batman?
A) Vodička
B) Slavík
C) Biegler
D) Baloun
  • 50. Who is the sapper friend of Švejk who hates Hungarians?
A) Dub
B) Baloun
C) Marek
D) Vodička
  • 51. Which character is based on a self-portrait of Hašek?
A) Josef Švejk
B) Lieutenant Lukáš
C) Volunteer Marek
D) Captain Ságner
  • 52. What is the cause of Cadet Biegler's fake cholera diagnosis?
A) A fight in a brothel
B) A cognac-induced hangover
C) Drinking communion wine
D) Eating raw dough
  • 53. Which Czech village unveiled the first statue of Švejk in the Czech Republic in 2014?
A) Brno
B) Ostrava
C) Putim
D) Prague
  • 54. In which city is there a plaque commemorating the author's 7-day imprisonment for vagrancy?
A) Kyiv
B) Kraków
C) St. Petersburg
D) Lviv
  • 55. Who directed the 1962 Czechoslovak-Soviet co-production film titled The Long Journey?
A) Martin Frič
B) Karel Steklý
C) Jiří Trnka
D) Jurij Ozerov
  • 56. Who played the title role in the 1956–57 film adaptation directed by Karel Steklý?
A) Rudolf Hrušínský
B) Fritz Muliar
C) Heinz Rühmann
D) Saša Rašilov
  • 57. Which country produced the 1960 black-and-white film starring Heinz Rühmann?
A) United Kingdom
B) Austria
C) Czechoslovakia
D) West Germany
  • 58. Who served as the narrator for the 1955 animated film by Jiří Trnka?
A) Josef Abraham
B) Jan Werich
C) Kenneth Colley
D) Rudolf Hrušínský
  • 59. In which city is there a statue of Švejk located in Slovakia?
A) Kyiv
B) Donetsk
C) Humenné
D) Bugulma
  • 60. The 1972 Austrian TV series featuring Fritz Muliar was broadcast by which organization?
A) BBC
B) ORF
C) Mosfilm
D) Sands Films
  • 61. Which of the following is NOT listed as a format in which Švejk has been adapted?
A) Musical
B) Opera
C) Video games
D) Comic books
  • 62. Which country produced the 2009 animated film co-directed by Rinat Gazizov?
A) United Kingdom
B) Austria
C) Czechoslovakia
D) Germany
  • 63. How many parts did the 1967–68 Finnish television series consist of?
A) Ten
B) Thirteen
C) Sixty
D) Three
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