- 1. Who directed the film 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Akira Kurosawa
B) Ingmar Bergman
C) Federico Fellini
D) Stanley Kubrick
- 2. In which country does 'The Seventh Seal' take place?
A) Italy
B) Sweden
C) Germany
D) France
- 3. What year was 'The Seventh Seal' released?
A) 1957
B) 1973
C) 1965
D) 1940
- 4. Who is responsible for the iconic cinematography in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Gunnar Fischer
B) Emmanuel Lubezki
C) Roger Deakins
D) Vittorio Storaro
- 5. What iconic figure does Antonius Block play a game of chess with?
A) The Devil
B) Death
C) A Witch
D) An Angel
- 6. Who plays the main character, Antonius Block, in the film?
A) Max von Sydow
B) Ingrid Thulin
C) Bibi Andersson
D) Gunnar Björnstrand
- 7. What is the profession of Antonius Block in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Doctor
B) Baker
C) Blacksmith
D) Knight
- 8. What does Antonius Block challenge Death to in order to gain more time to live?
A) A duel
B) A game of chess
C) A riddle contest
D) A race
- 9. Which plague ravages the land in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) The Spanish Flu
B) Cholera
C) Ebola
D) The Black Death
- 10. What is the name of the knight in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Antonius Block
B) Sigfrid
C) Gunnar
D) Sir Lancelot
- 11. What is the name of Antonius Block's squire?
A) Olaf
B) Jöns
C) Erik
D) Gustav
- 12. What does Antonius Block seek to perform after the Crusades?
A) A pilgrimage to Jerusalem
B) One meaningful deed
C) A journey across Europe
D) Retirement in a monastery
- 13. What does Jöns do when he encounters Raval again?
A) He slashes Raval's face
B) He offers help
C) He forgives him
D) He ignores him
- 14. What does Antonius Block give to the condemned woman before her execution?
A) Herbs to take away her pain
B) Money
C) A cross
D) A letter
- 15. Who is Jof's wife in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Karin
B) Anna
C) Mia
D) Elsa
- 16. What does Death impersonate during the confessional scene?
A) A fellow knight.
B) The confessional priest.
C) A member of the family of actors.
D) An actor in the play.
- 17. What does Antonius Block compare faith to during his conversation with the family?
A) Walking through a desert without water.
B) Loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears.
C) Building a house on sand.
D) Searching for a lost treasure.
- 18. Which of the following works did Bergman direct before 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Films by Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick.
B) Poems by Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson.
C) Novels by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.
D) Plays by Shakespeare, Strindberg, and Camus.
- 19. Which film festival award did 'The Seventh Seal' win in 1957?
A) Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
B) The jury's special prize at Cannes
C) Palme d'Or at Cannes
D) Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars
- 20. What was Bergman's father's profession?
A) Priest in a local parish
B) Chaplain at the Royal Hospital Sophiahemmet
C) Archbishop
D) University professor
- 21. Which movement is noted as foreign to Sweden during the time portrayed in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Crusades
B) Reformation
C) Flagellant movement
D) Hussite Wars
- 22. Which publication identified 'The Seventh Seal' as beginning a series exploring faith in the post-Holocaust era?
A) Time Magazine
B) America, a Jesuit publication
C) Variety
D) The New Yorker
- 23. What did Bergman's adolescent infatuation with Hitler later cause him?
A) Deep torment
B) A sense of pride
C) Inspiration for his films
D) Indifference
- 24. In what year was the play 'Trämålning' originally written by Ingmar Bergman?
A) 1957
B) 1956
C) 1953 / 1954
D) 1955
- 25. Who directed the stage performance of 'Trämålning' in Stockholm?
A) Bengt Ekerot
B) Carl-Anders Dymling
C) Ingmar Bergman
D) Max von Sydow
- 26. How many times did Bergman rewrite the script for 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) three
B) ten
C) seven
D) five
- 27. What was the budget allocated for 'The Seventeenth Seal'?
A) $200,000
B) $250,000
C) $100,000
D) $150,000
- 28. Where were the iconic scenes with Death and the Knight playing chess filmed?
A) Malmö City Theatre
B) Hovs Hallar
C) Filmstaden studios
D) Karolinska Hospital
- 29. Which film critic called 'The Seventh Seal' 'A magically powerful film.'?
A) Hanserik Hjertén
B) Nils Beyer
C) Pauline Kael
D) Bosley Crowther
- 30. Which publication ranked 'The Seventh Seal' 2nd on its Top 10 Films of the Year List in 1958?
A) The New York Times
B) Cahiers du Cinéma
C) Morgon-tidningen
D) Arbetaren
- 31. In which year did The Village Voice rank 'The Seventh Seal' at number 33 in its Top 250 'Best Films of the Century' list?
A) 2002
B) 2010
C) 1999
D) 2007
- 32. Which magazine ranked 'The Seventh Seal' as the eighth-greatest film of world cinema in 2010?
A) Time Out
B) The Guardian
C) Empire
D) Entertainment Weekly
- 33. In what year did The Seventh Seal rank 93rd on critic's poll and 75th on director's poll in Sight & Sound magazine's 100 greatest films of all time list?
A) 2022
B) 2012
C) 1999
D) 2007
- 34. Which publication voted 'The Seventh Seal' at No. 45 on their list of 100 Greatest Movies of All Time?
A) Metacritic
B) The Village Voice
C) Empire
D) Entertainment Weekly
- 35. What was the approval rating for 'The Seventh Seal' on Rotten Tomatoes based on 72 reviews?
A) 93%
B) 75%
C) 88%
D) 85%
- 36. In which year did The Guardian's readers poll rank 'The Seventh Seal' as the 13th greatest foreign film of all time?
A) 2007
B) 1999
C) 2022
D) 2012
- 37. Which Indian filmmaker praised 'The Seventh Seal' for being appealing to the eye even without subtitles?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Raj Kapoor
C) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
D) Satyajit Ray
- 38. In what year was 'The Seventh Seal' included on the list of the 'Top 100 Essential Films of All Time' by the National Society of Film Critics?
A) 2012
B) 2002
C) 2022
D) 1999
- 39. What rating did 'The Seventh Seal' receive on Metacritic based on 15 reviews?
A) 85%
B) 75%
C) 93%
D) 88/100
- 40. In which year was 'The Seventh Seal' selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 30th Academy Awards?
A) 1958
B) 1970
C) 1980
D) 1960
- 41. What was 'The Seventh Seal's' rank in BBC's list of The 100 greatest foreign language films in 2018?
A) 30th
B) 72nd
C) 93rd
D) 45th
- 42. In the 2022 edition of Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time list, what was 'The Seventh Seal's' rank in the director's poll?
A) 75th
B) 35th
C) 72nd
D) 93rd
- 43. In what year was 'The Seventh Seal' included in film critic Roger Ebert's list of 'The Great Movies'?
A) 2000
B) 2022
C) 1999
D) 2012
- 44. In which year did the Vatican include 'The Seventh Seal' in its list of 45 'great films' for its thematic values?
A) 2002
B) 2012
C) 1995
D) 2022
- 45. What was the average rating for 'The Seventh Seal' on Rotten Tomatoes based on 72 reviews?
A) 8.50/10
B) 9.20/10
C) 8.80/10
D) 7.90/10
- 46. In which Animaniacs episode does a character play checkers against Death?
A) "A Fish Called Selma"
B) "The Warners' Christmas Carol"
C) "Meatballs or Consequences"
D) "The Good, the Bad and Hades"
- 47. Who premiered music for 'The Seventh Seal' at Scandinavia House in New York City in 2016?
A) Steve Reich
B) Philip Glass
C) John Adams
D) João MacDowell
- 48. In what year was the Ingmar Bergman centenary celebrated with an opera based on 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) 2018
B) 2003
C) 1997
D) 2021
- 49. Which song by Scott Walker references the plot of 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) "The Girls from the Streets"
B) "The Seventh Seal"
C) "The Big Hurt"
D) "It's Raining Today"
- 50. In which song by Bruce Cockburn is 'The Seventh Seal' mentioned?
A) "If a Tree Falls"
B) "Call It Democracy"
C) "Lovers in a Dangerous Time"
D) "How I Spent My Fall Vacation"
- 51. Which film features a parody where Death plays badminton?
A) 'De Düva'
B) 'The Seventh Seal'
C) 'Wild Strawberries'
D) 'Persona'
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