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