The Good Soldier Švejk - Quiz
The Good Soldier Švejk
  • 1. Who published the first English translation of The Good Soldier Švejk in 1930?
A) Paul Selver
B) Cecil Parrott
C) Zdeněk K. Sadloň
D) Emmett Joyce
  • 2. How is the 1930 translation by Paul Selver described?
A) Abridged and bowdlerised
B) Illuminating and modern
C) Illustrated and annotated
D) Unabridged and literal
  • 3. What is the primary characteristic of the translation by Cecil Parrott?
A) It is the first unabridged translation
B) It was heavily abridged
C) It was published in 1930
D) It was written by a native Czech speaker
  • 4. Which professional role did Cecil Parrott hold before translating the book?
A) Editor at Penguin books
B) Literary critic
C) British ambassador to Czechoslovakia
D) Professor of Czech studies
  • 5. What criticism is leveled against Cecil Parrott's translation style?
A) He omitted too many offensive pages
B) He failed to include illustrations
C) He bowdlerized the text too heavily
D) He is sometimes unimaginatively literal
  • 6. Who illustrated the version of the book translated by Cecil Parrott?
A) Paul Selver
B) Zdeněk K. Sadloň
C) Robert Pynsent
D) Josef Lada
  • 7. How much of the original novel remained in Paul Selver's translation?
A) The entire novel
B) About one half
C) About three quarters
D) About two thirds
  • 8. What is noted as a strength of Paul Selver's translation?
A) The complete lack of bowdlerization
B) His literal interpretation of the text
C) Preserving tension between Literary and Common Czech
D) His command of English slang
  • 9. Who was the collaborator on the first edition of Book One for the Sadloň translation?
A) Robert Pynsent
B) Cecil Parrott
C) Paul Selver
D) Emmett Joyce
  • 10. How is the Sadloň translation described in the provided text?
A) A 1930 classic text
B) An illuminating translation by a native Czech speaker
C) An abridged and bowdlerised version
D) A literal but unimaginative translation
  • 11. In what collection was the Cecil Parrott translation included in 1993?
A) Penguin Classics
B) IngramSpark Library
C) Everyman's Library
D) AuthorHouse Collections
  • 12. What is one reason Parrott's translation sometimes sounds awkward?
A) Lack of illustrations
B) Uncertain command of English slang registers
C) It was bowdlerized too much
D) It was too short
  • 13. Which translation is referred to as the 'Centennial Edition'?
A) The translation by Zdeněk K. Sadloň
B) The translation by Cecil Parrott
C) The translation by Paul Selver
D) The translation by Emmett Joyce
  • 14. What kind of text was removed by Paul Selver during his bowdlerization process?
A) The bibliography and chronology
B) Paragraphs and pages that seemed offensive
C) All dialogue in Common Czech
D) All mentions of the World War
  • 15. In which city did the 1927-1928 stage adaptation of The Good Soldier Schwejk take place?
A) Berlin
B) New York
C) London
D) Prague
  • 16. Who created the sets for the 1927-1928 Piscatorbühne stage play?
A) George Grosz
B) Erwin Piscator
C) Max Brod
D) Bertolt Brecht
  • 17. Which person commissioned Arthur Koestler to write a sequel to the novel in 1935?
A) Hans Reimann
B) Willy Münzenberg
C) Bertolt Brecht
D) Max Brod
  • 18. Why was Koestler's project 'The Good Soldier Schweik Goes to War Again' cancelled?
A) Low literary quality
B) Pacifist errors
C) Lack of funding
D) Copyright issues
  • 19. In what year did Robert Kurka's opera based on the novel premiere?
A) 1986
B) 1943
C) 2002
D) 1958
  • 20. Who wrote the play 'Schweik in the Second World War' in 1943?
A) Bertolt Brecht
B) Arthur Koestler
C) Max Brod
D) Robert Kurka
  • 21. Which radio station broadcast a six-part adaptation in Irish in 1986?
A) RTÉ Radio 1
B) BBC Radio 4
C) Deutsche Volkszeitung
D) Prager Tagblatt
  • 22. Who is the author of the 2002 play 'The Good Soldier Schweik goes to Heaven'?
A) Breandán Ó hEithir
B) Sam Kelly
C) Sotha
D) Christine Edzard
  • 23. How many languages was The Good Soldier Švejk translated into by 2013?
A) 100
B) 10
C) 20
D) 58
  • 24. In which newspaper were the first German excerpts of the novel published?
A) Prager Tagblatt
B) Deutsche Volkszeitung
C) New York Times
D) Berlin Zeitung
  • 25. Who translated the first chapter of the novel into German shortly after Hašek's death?
A) Bertolt Brecht
B) Grete Reiner
C) Arthur Koestler
D) Max Brod
  • 26. What was the occupation of Grete Reiner?
A) Stage director
B) Executive editor
C) Radio broadcaster
D) Propagandist
  • 27. In what year did the National Socialists burn Grete Reiner's translation?
A) 1944
B) 1926
C) 1958
D) 1933
  • 28. Where was Grete Reiner murdered in 1944?
A) New York
B) Prague
C) Berlin
D) Auschwitz
  • 29. Who directed the 2017-2018 stage play in the United Kingdom?
A) Max Brod
B) Sotha
C) Robert Kurka
D) Christine Edzard
  • 30. Which anti-war novel did Joseph Heller claim he would not have written if he hadn't read The Good Soldier Švejk?
A) The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht
B) Svejk on Mars
C) All Quiet on the Western Front
D) Catch-22
  • 31. Which of these is a listed 1920s play title that featured the character of Švejk?
A) Svejk the General
B) Svejk on Mars
C) The Death of Svejk
D) Svejk in the Trenches
  • 32. Which film director claimed the character of Harry Langdon was inspired by The Good Soldier Švejk?
A) Joseph Heller
B) John Willett
C) Frank Capra
D) Bertolt Brecht
  • 33. What prop did the man at the 2002 NATO summit use to impersonate Švejk?
A) A wooden sword
B) Typical crutches
C) A pair of broken spectacles
D) An old army rifle
  • 34. Who is the author of The Good Soldier Švejk?
A) Petr Urban
B) Karel Vaněk
C) Jaroslav Hašek
D) Josef Lada
  • 35. What is the original Czech title of the novel?
A) Švejk v revoluci
B) Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války
C) Osudy dobrého vojáka v první válce
D) Dobrý voják Švejk v zajetí
  • 36. In what years was the novel originally published?
A) 1923–1949
B) 1921–1923
C) 1914–1918
D) 1901–1903
  • 37. How did Jaroslav Hašek die?
A) Old age
B) In battle
C) Pneumonia
D) Heart failure
  • 38. What is the setting of The Good Soldier Švejk?
A) The Napoleonic Wars
B) The Austro-Prussian War
C) World War I
D) World War II
  • 39. In what military unit did Hašek serve, inspiring characters in the book?
A) The 3rd Cavalry
B) 91st Infantry Regiment
C) The Royal Guard
D) 585th Infantry Regiment
  • 40. Who is the secret policeman that tries to incriminate Švejk?
A) Slavík
B) Palivec
C) Bretschneider
D) Lukáš
  • 41. What is Švejk's job in civilian life?
A) A miller
B) A chemist
C) A fence specializing in stolen dogs
D) A schoolmaster
  • 42. Who is the landlord of the pub 'U Kalicha'?
A) Slavík
B) Bretschneider
C) Palivec
D) Vaněk
  • 43. Who is the army chaplain that Švejk first serves as a batman?
A) Lukáš
B) Ságner
C) Martinec
D) Otto Katz
  • 44. What ailment does Švejk claim to have to avoid walking to the recruitment office?
A) Heart failure
B) Cholera
C) Rheumatism
D) Mental illness
  • 45. What town does Švejk try to reach but misses all the trains to?
A) Sarajevo
B) České Budějovice
C) Prague
D) Bruck an der Leitha
  • 46. What is 2nd Lieutenant Dub's profession in civilian life?
A) Chemist
B) Schoolmaster
C) Furrier
D) Miller
  • 47. What does the word 'dub' mean in Slavonic languages, which is used as a pun for the lieutenant?
A) Traitor
B) Scholar
C) Soldier
D) Oak
  • 48. Who is the battalion's spiritualist cook?
A) Baloun
B) Jurajda
C) Vaněk
D) Marek
  • 49. Who is the gluttonous miller who succeeds Švejk as Lukáš's batman?
A) Baloun
B) Vodička
C) Biegler
D) Slavík
  • 50. Who is the sapper friend of Švejk who hates Hungarians?
A) Baloun
B) Vodička
C) Dub
D) Marek
  • 51. Which character is based on a self-portrait of Hašek?
A) Josef Švejk
B) Volunteer Marek
C) Lieutenant Lukáš
D) Captain Ságner
  • 52. What is the cause of Cadet Biegler's fake cholera diagnosis?
A) A cognac-induced hangover
B) Eating raw dough
C) A fight in a brothel
D) Drinking communion wine
  • 53. Which Czech village unveiled the first statue of Švejk in the Czech Republic in 2014?
A) Ostrava
B) Prague
C) Brno
D) Putim
  • 54. In which city is there a plaque commemorating the author's 7-day imprisonment for vagrancy?
A) Kyiv
B) Lviv
C) Kraków
D) St. Petersburg
  • 55. Who directed the 1962 Czechoslovak-Soviet co-production film titled The Long Journey?
A) Jurij Ozerov
B) Karel Steklý
C) Jiří Trnka
D) Martin Frič
  • 56. Who played the title role in the 1956–57 film adaptation directed by Karel Steklý?
A) Heinz Rühmann
B) Fritz Muliar
C) Saša Rašilov
D) Rudolf Hrušínský
  • 57. Which country produced the 1960 black-and-white film starring Heinz Rühmann?
A) Czechoslovakia
B) West Germany
C) Austria
D) United Kingdom
  • 58. Who served as the narrator for the 1955 animated film by Jiří Trnka?
A) Rudolf Hrušínský
B) Jan Werich
C) Josef Abraham
D) Kenneth Colley
  • 59. In which city is there a statue of Švejk located in Slovakia?
A) Donetsk
B) Bugulma
C) Kyiv
D) Humenné
  • 60. The 1972 Austrian TV series featuring Fritz Muliar was broadcast by which organization?
A) Sands Films
B) ORF
C) Mosfilm
D) BBC
  • 61. Which of the following is NOT listed as a format in which Švejk has been adapted?
A) Video games
B) Opera
C) Comic books
D) Musical
  • 62. Which country produced the 2009 animated film co-directed by Rinat Gazizov?
A) United Kingdom
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Germany
D) Austria
  • 63. How many parts did the 1967–68 Finnish television series consist of?
A) Ten
B) Three
C) Thirteen
D) Sixty
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