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Don Juan (drama) - Quiz
Contributed by: Crossley
  • 1. Who is the author of the 1862 drama 'Don Juan'?
A) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
B) Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
C) Pyotr Tchaikovsky
D) Tirso de Molina
  • 2. In which magazine was 'Don Juan' first published in 1862?
A) The Romanticist Weekly
B) Literary Gazette
C) The Moscow Review
D) The Russian Messenger
  • 3. Which troupe staged 'Don Juan' for the first time in 1905?
A) Moscow Art Theatre
B) St. Petersburg Drama Society
C) Adelgeim Brothers
D) Imperial Russian Ballet
  • 4. Who composed the incidental music for the play?
A) Aleksey Tolstoy
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C) Pyotr Tchaikovsky
D) Eduard Nápravník
  • 5. What is the title of the musical piece Tchaikovsky set to music based on the play?
A) Satan's Aria
B) The Alpine Dream
C) The Russian Messenger Waltz
D) Don Juan's Serenade
  • 6. To whom did Tolstoy dedicate his drama 'Don Juan'?
A) Mozart and E. T. A. Hoffmann
B) Boleslav Markevich and Vasily Botkin
C) Goethe and Tirso de Molina
D) Mikhail Katkov and Ivan Aksakov
  • 7. Why did Tolstoy dedicate the play to E. T. A. Hoffmann?
A) Hoffmann edited the final manuscript
B) Hoffmann wrote the original music for the play
C) Hoffmann saw Don Juan as a seeker of high ideal
D) Hoffmann was a personal friend of the author
  • 8. When did censors deem the production of 'Don Juan' 'unsuitable'?
A) 1858
B) 1891
C) 1905
D) 1862
  • 9. Tolstoy compared his version of Don Juan to which other literary figure?
A) Don Quixote
B) Faust
C) Hamlet
D) Romeo
  • 10. Which author influenced the scenes and characters of 'Don Juan' including the character of Satan?
A) Tirso de Molina
B) Goethe
C) Dostoevsky
D) Pushkin
  • 11. Who did Tolstoy consult in the autumn of 1861 while in Moscow?
A) The Adelgeim Brothers
B) Eduard Nápravník
C) Tchaikovsky
D) Mikhail Katkov and Ivan Aksakov
  • 12. How did Tolstoy characterize the role of love in his drama?
A) A physical desire based on worldly beginnings
B) A source of philandering and chaos
C) A distraction from universal laws
D) A link between the human soul and higher spheres
  • 13. What was Tolstoy's specific demand when submitting his manuscript to The Russian Messenger?
A) That it be dedicated to the Tsar
B) That the play be performed immediately
C) That the incidental music be included
D) Not a single word being crossed out
  • 14. In what year did Tolstoy first get the idea for the play?
A) 1857
B) 1861
C) 1860
D) 1862
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