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Music and Literature in Film and Television

Music and Literature in Film and Television Quiz

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which literary work forms the basis of the opera "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi?

  1. The Count of Monte Cristo
  2. Hamlet
  3. La Dame aux Camélias
  4. The Three Musketeers
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Amadeus," what composer is depicted as a rival to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

  1. Joseph Haydn
  2. Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. Antonio Salieri
  4. Franz Schubert
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which novel by Charles Dickens was adapted into the musical "Oliver!?"

  1. A Tale of Two Cities
  2. David Copperfield
  3. Oliver Twist
  4. Great Expectations
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the character played by Julie Andrews in the film "The Sound of Music"?

  1. Maria von Trapp
  2. Elsa Schraeder
  3. Liesl von Trapp
  4. Brigitta von Trapp
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera by Giacomo Puccini is based on the novel "La Bohème" by Henri Murger?

  1. Madama Butterfly
  2. Tosca
  3. Turandot
  4. La Bohème
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Moulin Rouge," what is the name of the cabaret where the main characters perform?

  1. The Lido
  2. The Folies Bergère
  3. The Moulin Rouge
  4. The Crazy Horse
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber is based on the novel "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux?

  1. Cats
  2. Evita
  3. Jesus Christ Superstar
  4. The Phantom of the Opera
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the song that Judy Garland sings in the film "The Wizard of Oz"?

  1. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  2. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
  3. If I Only Had a Brain
  4. We're Off to See the Wizard
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera by Richard Wagner is based on the medieval German epic poem "Nibelungenlied"?

  1. Lohengrin
  2. Tannhäuser
  3. Tristan und Isolde
  4. Der Ring des Nibelungen
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "West Side Story," what is the name of the gang that Tony belongs to?

  1. The Sharks
  2. The Jets
  3. The Ambos
  4. The Kings
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical by Stephen Sondheim is based on the play "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by Christopher Bond?

  1. Into the Woods
  2. Company
  3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  4. A Little Night Music
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the character played by Audrey Hepburn in the film "My Fair Lady"?

  1. Eliza Doolittle
  2. Henry Higgins
  3. Colonel Pickering
  4. Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera by Georges Bizet is based on the novella "Carmen" by Prosper Mérimée?

  1. La Bohème
  2. Carmen
  3. Madama Butterfly
  4. Tosca
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the film "Singin' in the Rain," what is the name of the character played by Gene Kelly?

  1. Don Lockwood
  2. Cosmo Brown
  3. Kathy Selden
  4. Lina Lamont
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical by Jerry Herman is based on the play "Hello, Dolly!" by Thornton Wilder?

  1. Mame
  2. Hello, Dolly!
  3. La Cage aux Folles
  4. A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine
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