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Don Quixote (1947 film) - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the title of the 1947 film based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra?
A) Don Quixote de la Mancha
B) La Galatea
C) El Cid
D) The Ingenious Hidalgo
  • 2. Who directed and adapted the 1947 film version of Don Quixote?
A) Rafael Gil
B) Miguel de Cervantes
C) G.W. Pabst
D) Ernesto Halffter
  • 3. In what year was Rafael Gil's Don Quixote released?
A) 1933
B) 1950
C) 1947
D) 1949
  • 4. What was the runtime of the 1947 Don Quixote film, excluding the intermission?
A) Two hours and twelve minutes
B) Three hours
C) One hundred and seven minutes
D) One hour and fifty minutes
  • 5. Which character's subplots were kept in this film, despite usually being omitted in other versions?
A) Cardenio, Dorotea, and Don Fernando
B) The local priest and barber
C) Antonia and Sanson Carrasco
D) Sancho Panza and Sanson Carrasco
  • 6. Who starred as Don Quixote in the 1947 film?
A) Ernesto Halffter
B) Rafael Rivelles
C) Fernando Rey
D) Juan Calvo
  • 7. Who played the role of Sancho Panza?
A) Rafael Rivelles
B) Juan Calvo
C) Rafael Gil
D) Fernando Rey
  • 8. Which young actor played Sanson Carrasco?
A) Miguel de Cervantes
B) Rafael Rivelles
C) Juan Calvo
D) Fernando Rey
  • 9. Who played Antonia, Quixote's niece, in the film?
A) An unnamed actress
B) Dorotea
C) Cervantes' wife
D) Sara Montiel
  • 10. Who composed the music for the 1947 film?
A) Rafael Rivelles
B) Rafael Gil
C) Ernesto Halffter
D) Miguel de Cervantes
  • 11. Where was the movie primarily shot on location?
A) Italy and France
B) Hollywood studios
C) La Mancha and other Spanish regions
D) Mexico and South America
  • 12. In what year did the film open in the United States?
A) 1933
B) 1947
C) 1949
D) 1952
  • 13. What was the runtime of the film during its American runs?
A) 90 minutes
B) 120 minutes
C) 107 minutes
D) 132 minutes
  • 14. What is the real name of the gentleman from La Mancha before he becomes Don Quixote?
A) Alonso Quijano
B) Sansón Carrasco
C) Cardenio
D) Don Fernando
  • 15. What causes Alonso Quijano to believe himself to be a gentleman?
A) An order from the local priest
B) Reading chivalric books over and over again
C) A blow to the head in battle
D) Inheriting a knight's armor
  • 16. Who tries to discourage Alonso from beginning his journey, to no avail?
A) The local priest and barber
B) Sancho Panza and Dorotea
C) Don Fernando and Cardenio
D) Sansón Carrasco and Antonia
  • 17. Whom does Alonso name as his squire?
A) Sansón Carrasco
B) Cardenio
C) Don Fernando
D) Sancho Panza
  • 18. What does Don Quixote mistakenly attack, thinking they are giants?
A) Mills
B) Monasteries
C) Prisons
D) Flocks of sheep
  • 19. What does Don Quixote mistake flocks of sheep for?
A) Armies about to engage in a fight
B) Giants guarding a castle
C) Enchanted knights
D) A royal procession
  • 20. How does Don Quixote return home after deciding to exile himself in the mountains?
A) In a wooden cell
B) On a white horse
C) Walking on foot
D) In a carriage
  • 21. Who helps bring Don Quixote back home from the mountains?
A) Sancho Panza, the priest, and the barber
B) Dorotea and Don Fernando
C) Sansón Carrasco and Antonia
D) Sara Montiel and Rafael Rivelles
  • 22. Why do many people come to know Don Quixote's name after his first misadventures are published?
A) Because of his madness
B) Because he rescued a princess
C) Because of his great military victories
D) Because he became a king
  • 23. Who encourages Don Quixote to make a second outing?
A) Sancho Panza
B) The local priest
C) Antonia
D) Sansón Carrasco
  • 24. How does Sansón Carrasco initially try to make Don Quixote return home during the second outing?
A) By disguising himself as a knight to defeat him in a duel
B) By pretending to be a giant
C) By telling him the books were burned
D) By locking him in a wooden cell
  • 25. Who wins the first duel between Don Quixote and the disguised Sansón Carrasco?
A) Don Quixote
B) Sansón Carrasco
C) The priest
D) Sancho Panza
  • 26. What condition must Don Quixote fulfill after finally losing a duel to Sansón Carrasco?
A) Spend a year without undertaking any feat
B) Give all his money to the barber
C) Become the new local priest
D) Never read a book again
  • 27. Where does Don Quixote spend his last days before dying?
A) In a monastery
B) In the mountains in a wooden cell
C) Sheltered by his friends and his family
D) Traveling across Spain
  • 28. Which earlier film version scrambled up the order of the adventures instead of following the book reverently?
A) The 1949 American version
B) The 1950 Spanish version
C) Rafael Gil's 1947 version
D) G.W. Pabst's 1933 version
  • 29. What kind of film milestone was Rafael Gil's version in its day for Spanish cinema?
A) A financial failure during production
B) A huge undertaking
C) A short experimental film
D) A minor independent project
  • 30. What did Don Quixote do almost by accident that led to his self-imposed exile in the mountains?
A) Stole a flock of sheep
B) Burned down a mill
C) Defeated Sansón Carrasco
D) Freed some prisoners
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