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