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  • 1. Who makes a pact with Faust in exchange for his soul?
A) Valentine
B) Gretchen
C) Mephistopheles
D) Margarete
  • 2. What is the setting of 'Faust'?
A) Russia
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) France
  • 3. Who wrote the play 'Faust'?
A) Franz Kafka
B) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
C) Friedrich Schiller
D) William Shakespeare
  • 4. What is the ultimate fate of Faust's soul in 'Faust'?
A) Damned
B) Redeemed
C) Lost
D) Absorbed
  • 5. Which character represents the good and virtuous aspects in 'Faust'?
A) Gretchen
B) Mephistopheles
C) Margarete
D) Valentine
  • 6. What is the genre of 'Faust'?
A) Adventure
B) Comedy
C) Romance
D) Tragedy
  • 7. Who is Faust's student and assistant in 'Faust'?
A) Valentine
B) Gretchen
C) Mephistopheles
D) Wagner
  • 8. What does Mephistopheles represent in Goethe's 'Faust'?
A) An angel
B) The devil
C) A lover
D) A friend
  • 9. Which century did Johann Georg Faust live in?
A) 19th and 20th centuries
B) 17th and 18th centuries
C) 14th and 15th centuries
D) 15th and 16th centuries (c. 1480–1540)
  • 10. What does the term 'Faustian' imply?
A) Pursuing a life of asceticism and spirituality
B) Sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge, or material gain.
C) Living a life of humility and service
D) Seeking divine knowledge over human knowledge
  • 11. Who popularized the Faust story in England?
A) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
B) Christopher Marlowe
C) Gretchen
D) Mephistopheles
  • 12. In which play did Christopher Marlowe tell the story of Faust?
A) The Life of Faust
B) Doctor Faustus and His Demons
C) Faust: A Tragedy
D) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
  • 13. What does Faust exchange his soul for?
A) Eternal life
B) A position of power
C) Divine forgiveness
D) Unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.
  • 14. What is the duration of Mephistopheles' servitude to Faust?
A) A single year.
B) Until Faust's death
C) Ten years
D) For eternity
  • 15. What tragic event befalls Gretchen in Goethe's version of the story?
A) She marries Faust
B) She drowns her child and is sentenced to death for murder.
C) She inherits a fortune
D) She becomes a nun
  • 16. How is Gretchen ultimately saved in Goethe's version?
A) By escaping to another country
B) By her innocence and Gretchen's pleadings with God.
C) By Mephistopheles' mercy
D) By Faust sacrificing himself for her
  • 17. What is the fate of Faust in early versions of the tale?
A) He becomes a saint
B) He gains eternal life
C) He is irrevocably corrupted and carried off to Hell.
D) He lives happily ever after
  • 18. In Marlowe's version, what is the alternate name for Wittenburg?
A) Staufen
B) Wertenberge.
C) Cambridge
D) Donaueschingen
  • 19. Which location is suggested by some scholars as the setting for Marlowe's Faust?
A) Donaueschingen
B) The Duchy of Württemberg.
C) Wittenburg
D) Staufen
  • 20. What is one possible allusion for the setting in Marlowe's Faust?
A) Württemberg
B) Marlowe's own Cambridge.
C) Staufen
D) Donaueschingen
  • 21. In which year was Marlowe's 'The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus' published?
A) 1808
B) 1832
C) circa 1604
D) 1592
  • 22. In Thomas Mann's 'Doctor Faustus', what disease does Adrian Leverkühn contract?
A) Typhoid fever
B) Syphilis
C) Cholera
D) Tuberculosis
  • 23. Who defends Jabez Stone in 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'?
A) Jabez's neighbor
B) Mr. Scratch
C) Judge of the damned
D) Daniel Webster
  • 24. What year does Adrian Leverkühn present his final masterwork?
A) 1925
B) 1940
C) 1918
D) 1930
  • 25. Who adapted 'The Devil and Daniel Webster' into a movie in 1941?
A) Walter Huston, James Craig, Edward Arnold
B) Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
C) Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Paul Henreid
D) Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
  • 26. Who is the author of 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'?
A) Fernando Pessoa
B) Thomas Mann
C) Washington Irving
D) Stephen Vincent Benét
  • 27. What does Jabez Stone suffer from before meeting Mr. Scratch?
A) Unending bad luck
B) A broken leg
C) A family feud
D) A financial crisis
  • 28. What year does Adrian Leverkühn die in 'Doctor Faustus'?
A) 1923
B) 1939
C) 1940
D) 1945
  • 29. In which year was Stephen Vincent Benét's short story 'The Devil and Daniel Webster' published?
A) 1945
B) 1929
C) 1937
D) 1950
  • 30. Which company copyrighted 'Faust and Marguerite' in 1900?
A) Edison Manufacturing Co.
B) Universal Studios
C) Paramount Pictures
D) Warner Bros.
  • 31. What event causes Faust to reconsider his decision to burn his books?
A) He receives a letter from Mephisto.
B) An angel visits him in a dream.
C) His assistant warns him of the danger.
D) A wind turns over some cabalistic leaves, catching his eye.
  • 32. What is sent by Mephisto to Faust's small town?
A) An army of demons.
B) Floodwaters.
C) A firestorm.
D) A plague.
  • 33. Who starred as the Daniel Webster-like savior in 'Crossroads'?
A) Leonardo DiCaprio
B) Tom Cruise
C) Brad Pitt
D) Ralph Macchio
  • 34. Which symphony by Gustav Mahler includes a movement inspired by Faust?
A) Symphony No. 9
B) Symphony No. 5
C) Symphony No. 8
D) Symphony No. 4
  • 35. Which actor played The Evil Angel in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation directed by Sue Wilson on 24 December 1985?
A) Janet McTeer
B) Maurice Denham
C) Barrie Rutter
D) Eric Peterson
  • 36. For whom does abandoning one's genuine feeling self offer a viable form of life, according to the text?
A) The neurotic
B) The introvert
C) The psychotic
D) The extrovert
  • 37. Which actor played Mephistophilis in the BBC Light Programme broadcast on 18 October 1949?
A) Philip Voss
B) Peter Ustinov
C) Esme Percy
D) Laidman Browne
  • 38. Which band released 'Faust' on their album 'Digital Veil'?
A) Cradle of Filth
B) The Human Abstract
C) Switchfoot
D) Belzebubs
  • 39. 'Faust' directed by Aleksandr Sokurov is in which language?
A) English
B) Spanish
C) German
D) Greek
  • 40. Who was the director of the BBC Radio 4's 15-Minute Theatre adaptation broadcast from 18–22 February 2008?
A) Sue Wilson
B) Emma Harding
C) Martin Jenkins
D) Nadia Molinari
  • 41. Which video game features a character named 'Faust'?
A) Guilty Gear
B) Promise of Wizard
C) Limbus Company
D) Shaman King
  • 42. Which band's album 'The Killing Gods' includes tracks inspired by Goethe's Faust?
A) Epica
B) Kamelot
C) Avantasia
D) Misery Index
  • 43. Which director is associated with the film 'Woe to the Young'?
A) István Szabó
B) René Clair
C) Brian DePalma
D) Alekos Sakellarios
  • 44. Who stars as Johnny Faust in 'American Satan'?
A) Dimitris Horn
B) Andy Biersack
C) Johannes Zeiler
D) Anton Adasinsky
  • 45. Which musical adaptation set the Faust theme in mid-20th century American baseball?
A) Epica
B) Crossroads
C) The Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps' 2006 show
D) Damn Yankees
  • 46. Which director created 'The Last Faust', a feature art film based on Goethe's work?
A) Brian Yuzna
B) Aleksandr Sokurov
C) Philipp Humm
D) Ash Avildsen
  • 47. Which actor played Faustus in the BBC Radio 4's 15-Minute Theatre adaptation?
A) Paterson Joseph
B) Stephen Moore
C) Kenneth Welsh
D) Julian Rhind-Tutt
  • 48. Which opera is based on Part I of Goethe's Faust?
A) Mefistofele
B) Havergal Brian's Faust
C) La Damnation de Faust
D) Doktor Faust
  • 49. From which album is Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody', inspired by Faust?
A) Sheer Heart Attack
B) News of the World
C) Jazz
D) A Night at the Opera
  • 50. Who played Faustus in the BBC Third Programme adaptation on 11 October 1946?
A) Robert Harris
B) Alec Guinness
C) Ion Swinley
D) Stephen Murray
  • 51. Which opera by Arrigo Boito is based on the Faust legend?
A) La Damnation de Faust
B) Faust (Gounod)
C) Doktor Faust
D) Mefistofele
  • 52. Which band performed 'The Small Print', originally titled 'Action Faust'?
A) Radiohead
B) Muse
C) Gorillaz
D) Queen
  • 53. What is the cost for the psychotic in making a Faustian bargain?
A) Developing strong relationships
B) Living in unreality
C) Gaining true self-awareness
D) Achieving emotional stability
  • 54. What genre is 'Phantom of the Paradise' classified as?
A) Drama
B) Documentary
C) Comedy
D) Horror film
  • 55. Who directed the BBC Radio 3 adaptation broadcast on 24 December 1985?
A) Emma Harding
B) Sue Wilson
C) Martin Jenkins
D) Nadia Molinari
  • 56. Which opera by Charles Gounod is based on a French libretto?
A) La Damnation de Faust
B) Doktor Faust
C) Mefistofele
D) Faust
  • 57. 'Faust, Midas and Myself' is a song by which band?
A) Muse
B) Radiohead
C) Switchfoot
D) Agalloch
  • 58. Which actor played Wagner in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation directed by Nadia Molinari in September 2007?
A) Thom Tuck
B) Pearl Mackie
C) Ray Fearon
D) Toby Jones
  • 59. Who played Mephistophilis in the Oxford University Dramatic Society performance on 13 April 1934?
A) Laidman Browne
B) Esme Percy
C) Robert Farquharson
D) P.B.P. Glenville
  • 60. Who played The Good Angel in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation directed by Emma Harding on 19 September 2021?
A) Frances Tomelty
B) Barrie Rutter
C) Pearl Mackie
D) Janet McTeer
  • 61. Who played the Emperor in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation broadcast in September 2007?
A) Rupert Davies
B) Anton Lesser
C) Pearl Mackie
D) Toby Jones
  • 62. Which manga features a character named 'Faust VIII'?
A) Naruto
B) Attack on Titan
C) Shaman King
D) One Piece
  • 63. On which date did the BBC Regional Programme broadcast 'A Tragical History of the Renaissance'?
A) 29 June 1932
B) 11 October 1946
C) 18 October 1949
D) 13 April 1934
  • 64. Which composer's Faust opera was premiered in 1995?
A) Hector Berlioz
B) Alfred Schnittke
C) Ferruccio Busoni
D) Rudolf Volz
  • 65. Who played Lucifer in the BBC Light Programme broadcast on 18 October 1949?
A) Maurice Denham
B) John Hollis
C) Barrie Rutter
D) Rupert Davies
  • 66. In which year did BBC Radio 3 broadcast an adaptation directed by Nadia Molinari?
A) 2007
B) 2021
C) 2008
D) 1985
  • 67. In 'La Beauté du diable', who plays the dual role as Mephistopheles and older Faust?
A) Richard Burton
B) Michel Simon
C) Gérard Philipe
D) Johannes Zeiler
  • 68. Who played the role of Mephistopheles in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation adaptation broadcast in 2001?
A) Eric Peterson
B) Ray Fearon
C) Philip Voss
D) John Heffernan
  • 69. Who played Faustus in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation adaptation broadcast in 2001?
A) Paterson Joseph
B) John Heffernan
C) Stephen Moore
D) Kenneth Welsh
  • 70. In which year was 'Mephisto', directed by István Szabó, released?
A) 2017
B) 1974
C) 1994
D) 1981
  • 71. Which film directed by René Clair was released in 1950?
A) Phantom of the Paradise
B) Doctor Faustus
C) Mephisto
D) La Beauté du diable
  • 72. Which composer wrote 'Scenes from Goethe's Faust'?
A) Gustav Mahler
B) Robert Schumann
C) Richard Wagner
D) Franz Liszt
  • 73. Who directed the BBC Radio 3 adaptation broadcast on 19 September 2021?
A) Emma Harding
B) Martin Jenkins
C) Sue Wilson
D) Nadia Molinari
  • 74. Which composer created an early operatic adaptation of Faust in 1816?
A) Charles Gounod
B) Ferruccio Busoni
C) Louis Spohr
D) Hector Berlioz
  • 75. Which band released 'Faustian Echoes'?
A) Queen
B) Muse
C) Radiohead
D) Agalloch
  • 76. Which actor played Mephistophilis in the BBC Third Programme adaptation on 11 October 1946?
A) Philip Voss
B) Laidman Browne
C) Esme Percy
D) Robert Farquharson
  • 77. Which actor played both Faustus and Mephistopheles in the BBC Radio 3 adaptation on 19 September 2021?
A) John Heffernan
B) Kenneth Welsh
C) Stephen Moore
D) Paterson Joseph
  • 78. Who composed La Damnation de Faust in 1846?
A) Hector Berlioz
B) Charles Gounod
C) Alfred Schnittke
D) Rudolf Volz
  • 79. What is the primary focus of psychodynamic therapy as described?
A) Enhancing athletic performance
B) Improving financial decision-making
C) Treating physical illnesses
D) Explaining defense mechanisms
  • 80. What is the origin of the defense mechanisms discussed in psychodynamic therapy?
A) Developed during adulthood
B) Rooted in childhood
C) Inherited genetically
D) Acquired through education
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