- 1. Who directed the film 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Akira Kurosawa
B) Stanley Kubrick
C) Ingmar Bergman
D) Federico Fellini
- 2. In which country does 'The Seventh Seal' take place?
A) Sweden
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) France
- 3. What year was 'The Seventh Seal' released?
A) 1957
B) 1940
C) 1965
D) 1973
- 4. Who is responsible for the iconic cinematography in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Gunnar Fischer
B) Vittorio Storaro
C) Emmanuel Lubezki
D) Roger Deakins
- 5. What iconic figure does Antonius Block play a game of chess with?
A) An Angel
B) A Witch
C) The Devil
D) Death
- 6. Who plays the main character, Antonius Block, in the film?
A) Ingrid Thulin
B) Gunnar Björnstrand
C) Max von Sydow
D) Bibi Andersson
- 7. What is the profession of Antonius Block in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Doctor
B) Blacksmith
C) Baker
D) Knight
- 8. What does Antonius Block challenge Death to in order to gain more time to live?
A) A duel
B) A race
C) A game of chess
D) A riddle contest
- 9. Which plague ravages the land in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Ebola
B) The Spanish Flu
C) Cholera
D) The Black Death
- 10. What is the name of the knight in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Sigfrid
B) Sir Lancelot
C) Gunnar
D) Antonius Block
- 11. What is the name of Antonius Block's squire?
A) Erik
B) Jöns
C) Gustav
D) Olaf
- 12. What does Antonius Block seek to perform after the Crusades?
A) A pilgrimage to Jerusalem
B) A journey across Europe
C) One meaningful deed
D) Retirement in a monastery
- 13. What does Jöns do when he encounters Raval again?
A) He offers help
B) He forgives him
C) He ignores him
D) He slashes Raval's face
- 14. What does Antonius Block give to the condemned woman before her execution?
A) Herbs to take away her pain
B) A letter
C) A cross
D) Money
- 15. Who is Jof's wife in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Mia
B) Karin
C) Anna
D) Elsa
- 16. What does Death impersonate during the confessional scene?
A) A member of the family of actors.
B) A fellow knight.
C) The confessional priest.
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) Plays by Shakespeare, Strindberg, and Camus.
B) Novels by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.
C) Poems by Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson.
D) Films by Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick.
- 19. Which film festival award did 'The Seventh Seal' win in 1957?
A) The jury's special prize at Cannes
B) Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
C) Palme d'Or at Cannes
D) Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars
- 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) Filmstaden studios
B) Malmö City Theatre
C) Hovs Hallar
D) Karolinska Hospital
- 22. In what year was 'The Seventh Seal' included in film critic Roger Ebert's list of 'The Great Movies'?
A) 2022
B) 1999
C) 2012
D) 2000
- 23. What was the approval rating for 'The Seventh Seal' on Rotten Tomatoes based on 72 reviews?
A) 75%
B) 88%
C) 93%
D) 85%
- 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) 1970
B) 1980
C) 1958
D) 1960
- 25. What was 'The Seventh Seal's' rank in BBC's list of The 100 greatest foreign language films in 2018?
A) 72nd
B) 30th
C) 93rd
D) 45th
- 26. In what year was the play 'Trämålning' originally written by Ingmar Bergman?
A) 1956
B) 1955
C) 1953 / 1954
D) 1957
- 27. Which song by Scott Walker references the plot of 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) "The Seventh Seal"
B) "It's Raining Today"
C) "The Girls from the Streets"
D) "The Big Hurt"
- 28. Which film features a parody where Death plays badminton?
A) 'Persona'
B) 'The Seventh Seal'
C) 'Wild Strawberries'
D) 'De Düva'
- 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) 1999
B) 2012
C) 2022
D) 2002
- 30. In which year did the Vatican include 'The Seventh Seal' in its list of 45 'great films' for its thematic values?
A) 2022
B) 1995
C) 2002
D) 2012
- 31. What was the average rating for 'The Seventh Seal' on Rotten Tomatoes based on 72 reviews?
A) 9.20/10
B) 7.90/10
C) 8.80/10
D) 8.50/10
- 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) Time Out
B) The Guardian
C) Empire
D) Entertainment Weekly
- 34. In which Animaniacs episode does a character play checkers against Death?
A) "Meatballs or Consequences"
B) "A Fish Called Selma"
C) "The Warners' Christmas Carol"
D) "The Good, the Bad and Hades"
- 35. Which publication voted 'The Seventh Seal' at No. 45 on their list of 100 Greatest Movies of All Time?
A) Empire
B) Entertainment Weekly
C) The Village Voice
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) 2022
B) 2007
C) 1999
D) 2012
- 37. What was the budget allocated for 'The Seventeenth Seal'?
A) $100,000
B) $250,000
C) $200,000
D) $150,000
- 38. Which film critic called 'The Seventh Seal' 'A magically powerful film.'?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Nils Beyer
C) Hanserik Hjertén
D) Pauline Kael
- 39. Who premiered music for 'The Seventh Seal' at Scandinavia House in New York City in 2016?
A) Steve Reich
B) João MacDowell
C) Philip Glass
D) John Adams
- 40. In which song by Bruce Cockburn is 'The Seventh Seal' mentioned?
A) "Call It Democracy"
B) "If a Tree Falls"
C) "How I Spent My Fall Vacation"
D) "Lovers in a Dangerous Time"
- 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) 93rd
B) 35th
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) 2007
B) 1999
C) 2022
D) 2012
- 43. Which movement is noted as foreign to Sweden during the time portrayed in 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) Flagellant movement
B) Crusades
C) Reformation
D) Hussite Wars
- 44. Who directed the stage performance of 'Trämålning' in Stockholm?
A) Carl-Anders Dymling
B) Max von Sydow
C) Ingmar Bergman
D) Bengt Ekerot
- 45. Which Indian filmmaker praised 'The Seventh Seal' for being appealing to the eye even without subtitles?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
C) Raj Kapoor
D) Satyajit Ray
- 46. Which publication identified 'The Seventh Seal' as beginning a series exploring faith in the post-Holocaust era?
A) Time Magazine
B) The New Yorker
C) Variety
D) America, a Jesuit publication
- 47. Which publication ranked 'The Seventh Seal' 2nd on its Top 10 Films of the Year List in 1958?
A) Arbetaren
B) The New York Times
C) Morgon-tidningen
D) Cahiers du Cinéma
- 48. What rating did 'The Seventh Seal' receive on Metacritic based on 15 reviews?
A) 88/100
B) 75%
C) 85%
D) 93%
- 49. How many times did Bergman rewrite the script for 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) ten
B) three
C) five
D) seven
- 50. In what year was the Ingmar Bergman centenary celebrated with an opera based on 'The Seventh Seal'?
A) 1997
B) 2021
C) 2003
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) 2002
B) 1999
C) 2007
D) 2010
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