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"Faust" - the Opera Trivia Quiz

Pretty basic, if you ask me...but some may be a little difficult. Note: All questions but one pertain to the operas, and not the book.

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

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Author
Sultana

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,832

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Avg Score
10 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who wrote the book 'Faust'?

Answer: (One Word (last name))

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who did not compose an opera version of 'Faust'? Hint

Berlioz

Puccini

Gounod

Boito

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Question 3 of 15

3. What voice part sings 'Faust,' the character? Hint

bass

helden baritone

baritone

tenor

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Question 4 of 15

4. What is the name of Berlioz's opera?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 5 of 15

5. What is the name of Boito's opera?

Answer: (One Word (whole name))

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who is Valentine in relation to Marguerite? Hint

her brother

her uncle

her father

her cousin

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Question 7 of 15

7. On whom does Mephisto put a curse? Hint

Faust

Siebel

Brander

Marguerite

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Question 8 of 15

8. In retort to Brander's song about a rat, about what insect does Mephisto sing? Hint

a fly

an ant

a maggot

a flea

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who did not play Mephisto? Hint

Journet

Renaud

Plancon

Caruso

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Question 10 of 15

10. Does someone die during the course of the opera?

Yes

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Question 11 of 15

11. In Berlioz's opera, who goes to hell (besides Mephisto)? Hint

Marguerite

no one

Brander

Faust

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Question 12 of 15

12. In which opera is there a ballet section including Mephisto's conjuration of Helen of Troy (the more famous one)? Hint

'Faust'

'Mephistopheles'

'La Damnation de Faust'

none of them

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Question 13 of 15

13. What does Mephisto wear in his cap in most costumes?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the last song in 'Faust'? Hint

a solo

a trio

a duet

a quartet

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Question 15 of 15

15. A play based on this story was written in the 1590's, "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus". Who wrote it? Hint

William Shakespeare

Anthony Pope

Noel Coward

Christopher Marlowe

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote the book 'Faust'?

Answer: Goethe

German Romantic who actually died of OLD AGE!

2. Who did not compose an opera version of 'Faust'?

Answer: Puccini

3. What voice part sings 'Faust,' the character?

Answer: tenor

The title character, hence the main character, hence a tenor. That's usually how it works.

4. What is the name of Berlioz's opera?

Answer: La Damnation de Faust

5. What is the name of Boito's opera?

Answer: Mephistopheles

So does that make the main character, the DEVIL, the PROTAGONIST? Hmmm.

6. Who is Valentine in relation to Marguerite?

Answer: her brother

7. On whom does Mephisto put a curse?

Answer: Siebel

Everything he touches will die. He figures it out when Marguerite's bouquet withers, and ends it by dipping his fingers in holy water. Mephisto also made Valentine's sword ineffective, but he wasn't one of the choices.

8. In retort to Brander's song about a rat, about what insect does Mephisto sing?

Answer: a flea

C'mon now, sing it with me... Une puce gentille Chez un prince longeait. Comme sa propre fille, Le brave homme l'aimait, Et, l'histoire assue, A son tailleur un jour Lui fit prendre mesure Pour un habit de cour.

9. Who did not play Mephisto?

Answer: Caruso

The other three did play him. If you didn't know that, you should know that Caruso was a tenor, and Mephisto is always sung by a bass or baritone.

10. Does someone die during the course of the opera?

Answer: Yes

In 'La Damnation de Faust', Faust dies. In 'Faust', Valentine, Marguerite, and Martha die. In 'Mephistopheles', Faust and Marguerite die.

11. In Berlioz's opera, who goes to hell (besides Mephisto)?

Answer: Faust

Faust goes to hell, hence the title 'THE DAMNATION OF FAUST'!

12. In which opera is there a ballet section including Mephisto's conjuration of Helen of Troy (the more famous one)?

Answer: 'Faust'

Known as 'Walpurgis Night', it is often omitted from modern productions. I have also been notified by some one who has actually SEEN "Mephistopheles" that there is a ballet in that one too, and I didn't know about that, which is why I've noted the Gounod "the more famous one."

13. What does Mephisto wear in his cap in most costumes?

Answer: feather

In the good-ole-days, he usually wore one, from what I've seen in my research.

14. What is the last song in 'Faust'?

Answer: a trio

It's a real showstopper, starting with Mephisto's, 'Alerte, ou vous etes perdue!'

15. A play based on this story was written in the 1590's, "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus". Who wrote it?

Answer: Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe was second only to Shakespeare as a dramatist of his time.

Source: Author Sultana

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