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So YouThink You Know Faust? Trivia Quiz

The legend of a man who sells his soul for power and knowledge is almost as old as time. But do you really know your Faust?

A multiple-choice quiz by WiseTao. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
WiseTao

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
173,767

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
556

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the first name of the original Faust (if such a personage ever existed)? Hint

Hans

Johann

Adolf

Hermann

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Question 2 of 10

2. Faust first appears in print in the "Faustbuch," more formally known as "The History of the Damnable Life, and Deserved Death of Doctor Faustus" (1592). Who was it printed by? Hint

Christopher Marlowe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

G.E. Lessing

Johann Spies

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote the opera version of "Faust" in 1859? Hint

Hanke

Heine

Gounod

Engelmann

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Question 4 of 10

4. The aforementioned 1859 "Faust" opera earned the wrath of Wagner, who called the work, "music for ___________" ? Hint

Sluts

Idiots

Demons

Perverts

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Question 5 of 10

5. Stephen Vincent Benet's short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" features a Faust figure. What was the name of the film made from the tale? Hint

Fever Pitch

Father and Son

All That Money Can Buy

Fattypuffs and Thinifers

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Question 6 of 10

6. Berlioz wrote a musical work on the Faust theme. What did he call it? Hint

A Faust Symphony

Faust

Mephisto Waltzes

The Damnation of Faust

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1796 an opera called the "La Ceinture du Doctor Faust" was composed. What is a "ceinture"? Hint

Crown

Sin

Damnation

Belt

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Question 8 of 10

8. Another Faust opera was "Dr. Fausts Hollenfahrt." What's a Hollenfahrt? Hint

Journey to hell

Bad smelling hole

Digestive noise caused by demons

Holly fair

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote "Doktor Faust: Ein Tanzpoem"? Hint

Heinrich Heine

Christian Crabbe

Adelbert von Chamisso

Nickolaus Lenau

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Question 10 of 10

10. There were several Faust movies, the most famous of which was done in 1926. Who starred? Hint

Richard Burton

Emil Jannings

Klaus Maria Brendauer

Istvan Szabo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the first name of the original Faust (if such a personage ever existed)?

Answer: Johann

If he lived, his dates are approximately 1480-1540. He was both a magician and an astrologer.

2. Faust first appears in print in the "Faustbuch," more formally known as "The History of the Damnable Life, and Deserved Death of Doctor Faustus" (1592). Who was it printed by?

Answer: Johann Spies

In this work, the demon tempter Mephistopheles appears for the first, but not the last, time.

3. Who wrote the opera version of "Faust" in 1859?

Answer: Gounod

The libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, and is based on Goethe's "Faust" Part I.

4. The aforementioned 1859 "Faust" opera earned the wrath of Wagner, who called the work, "music for ___________" ?

Answer: Sluts

Another critic suggested that because it was so much more popular than the composer's other work, he probably didn't write it. However, after being challenged to a duel, the critic retracted his claim. Coward.

5. Stephen Vincent Benet's short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" features a Faust figure. What was the name of the film made from the tale?

Answer: All That Money Can Buy

In the story, the Faust figure is an impoverished farmer who is saved from the Devil by Daniel Webster himself.

6. Berlioz wrote a musical work on the Faust theme. What did he call it?

Answer: The Damnation of Faust

The dramatic cantata incorporated the composer's earlier "Huit Scenes de Faust" (1828).

7. In 1796 an opera called the "La Ceinture du Doctor Faust" was composed. What is a "ceinture"?

Answer: Belt

Hanke wrote the work, based on the older Faustian legend, not the one Goethe concocted.

8. Another Faust opera was "Dr. Fausts Hollenfahrt." What's a Hollenfahrt?

Answer: Journey to hell

The 1951 opera was composed by Engelmann.

9. Who wrote "Doktor Faust: Ein Tanzpoem"?

Answer: Heinrich Heine

This mock-epic was written in 1851.

10. There were several Faust movies, the most famous of which was done in 1926. Who starred?

Answer: Emil Jannings

The silent film was directed by F.W. Murnau.

Source: Author WiseTao

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