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