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Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror Quiz


You have never communed with a vampire until you have witnessed the original. This 1922 German film tells you everything clearly and silently. Join me if you dare!

A multiple-choice quiz by woofi. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
woofi
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
113,472
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
769
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" was made in late 1921 and released in 1922. Bram Stoker's widow refused to allow the "Dracula" title to be used for this film. For that reason, a few names changed, but the story remained the same. Why did she refuse? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Mentioned earlier, the name "Dracula" was not used, rather "Graf Orlok" was our undead Count. ("Graf" is German for "Count.") And what a monster he was! His fangs were close together, like a rat's; his ears pointed like those of a vampire bat; and his fingers had long nails like a vulture's talons! Who portrayed this first "Dracula"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. F.W. Murnau, the director of "Nosferatu", was a brilliant film director who also made "Faust" (1926), "Phantom" (1922), "Sunrise" (1927), and many others for a total of 22 films. Murnau's success was such that he was offered, and accepted, a contract with a film studio in California. Which one was it? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Graf Orlok, the vampire, had his castle high in the Carpathian mountains. The castle used to make the exterior shots was the Orava Castle, for which construction was begun sometime around the middle of the 13th Century. (True/False) The Orava castle is actually located in Romania, although not in the Transylvania region.


Question 5 of 10
5. The tale begins: Count Orlok had written a letter to Knock, the realtor, to purchase a house in Bremen, Germany. Knock had a reputation for paying his workers well, but asking a lot of his employees. One employee, Hutter, was asked to travel to see Count Orlok to make the deal. The letter that the Count sent had something special about it. What was that? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. After Hutter arrives at Orlok's castle, he is greeted by the Count. While Hutter is a guest at the castle, the vampire approaches him. At the same time, Hutter's wife begins sleepwalking and then screams. Orlok seems to hear her and he then retreats. Of course Orlok and Hutter's wife are hundreds of miles apart at the time. Murnau, the director, cuts back and forth between these sequences in order to give the impression of simultaneity. (True/False) This film technique is the "montage."


Question 7 of 10
7. Locked in Orlok's castle, Hutter witnesses Count Orlok loading six coffins laden with earth onto a carriage. Orlok climbs into the sixth coffin and then he and his unholy cargo take off to Bremen. Hutter escapes, hurts himself in the fall, but is found by local farmers and is brought to safety. He then returns to Bremen. The Count, with his cargo, is loaded onto the ship Empusa. During the voyage, the five crew members each get sick and die. After the last is buried at sea, the first mate goes below deck with an axe and begins to open a coffin. What does he see upon opening the first coffin? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The boat containing the Count and his cargo arrives in the Bremen port. When the officials greeted the boat in the morning, what did they find? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Remember Knock, the realtor? He goes completely "stark, raving mad" and is in an institution the next time we see him. When he knows Orlok, his master, has arrived to Bremen, he overpowers a guard and escapes. Why is he being chased? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Ellen, Hutter's wife, is ultimately attacked by Orlok in the final scenes. (True/False) The vampire had her spellbound and she was unable to resist, thus succumbing to his magic.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" was made in late 1921 and released in 1922. Bram Stoker's widow refused to allow the "Dracula" title to be used for this film. For that reason, a few names changed, but the story remained the same. Why did she refuse?

Answer: Stoker's estate was neither paid nor been given permission to use the novel

Sometimes it always seems to come down to money, doesn't it? Stoker's widow later filed a lawsuit, which resulted in the destruction of all the known copies and negatives. Fortunately, other copies survived and we still have this masterpiece.
2. Mentioned earlier, the name "Dracula" was not used, rather "Graf Orlok" was our undead Count. ("Graf" is German for "Count.") And what a monster he was! His fangs were close together, like a rat's; his ears pointed like those of a vampire bat; and his fingers had long nails like a vulture's talons! Who portrayed this first "Dracula"?

Answer: Max Schreck

Coincidentally, "Max Schreck" in English means "maximum fright", although this was the actor's birth name. Kraus and Veidt were in "Cabinet of Doctor Caligari" (Germany, 1919). Lugosi was in "The Deerslayer" (Germany, 1920), as well as being better known for another role he made quite famous later in his career.
3. F.W. Murnau, the director of "Nosferatu", was a brilliant film director who also made "Faust" (1926), "Phantom" (1922), "Sunrise" (1927), and many others for a total of 22 films. Murnau's success was such that he was offered, and accepted, a contract with a film studio in California. Which one was it?

Answer: Fox

His last film was "Tabu" (1931), filmed in Bora Bora in association with Paramount. He was killed in an automobile accident in Santa Barbara in 1931, before its premiere, at the age of 43.
4. Graf Orlok, the vampire, had his castle high in the Carpathian mountains. The castle used to make the exterior shots was the Orava Castle, for which construction was begun sometime around the middle of the 13th Century. (True/False) The Orava castle is actually located in Romania, although not in the Transylvania region.

Answer: False

The castle is located in the Slovak Republic. Beginning in 1948, extensive restoration of the castle began, with the citadel opened to the public in the late 1970's and the dungeons opened in 1981. Today the castle stands as the All Orava Natural History Museum.
5. The tale begins: Count Orlok had written a letter to Knock, the realtor, to purchase a house in Bremen, Germany. Knock had a reputation for paying his workers well, but asking a lot of his employees. One employee, Hutter, was asked to travel to see Count Orlok to make the deal. The letter that the Count sent had something special about it. What was that?

Answer: It was written in symbols of the occult.

The film was filled with foreshadowing, even from the very first scene when Hutter's wife, upon receiving fresh flowers from the garden, asked her husband, "Why did you kill them... the lovely flowers?" The fact that the realtor could read the letter made from the occult symbols indicated greater complicity with Orlok than just that of a realtor and client. Later in the film, Knock referred to Orlok as "Master," which shouldn't be a surprise.
6. After Hutter arrives at Orlok's castle, he is greeted by the Count. While Hutter is a guest at the castle, the vampire approaches him. At the same time, Hutter's wife begins sleepwalking and then screams. Orlok seems to hear her and he then retreats. Of course Orlok and Hutter's wife are hundreds of miles apart at the time. Murnau, the director, cuts back and forth between these sequences in order to give the impression of simultaneity. (True/False) This film technique is the "montage."

Answer: True

Montage theory was developed by Russian film pioneers Lev Kuleshov, Sergei Eisenstein, and V. I. Pudovkin in the 1920's. The key to the theory, simply put, is that it is not the message of the film itself, but the message perceived by the viewer. By juxtaposing seemingly unrelated pieces of film in the editing process, the pieces can form an association.

In this case, the audience associates Ellen's scream with Orlok's backing off, creating the illusion of mystical bond between Ellen and Orlok. According to Roger Ebert in his film review, "Murnau is credited with helping to introduce the montage."
7. Locked in Orlok's castle, Hutter witnesses Count Orlok loading six coffins laden with earth onto a carriage. Orlok climbs into the sixth coffin and then he and his unholy cargo take off to Bremen. Hutter escapes, hurts himself in the fall, but is found by local farmers and is brought to safety. He then returns to Bremen. The Count, with his cargo, is loaded onto the ship Empusa. During the voyage, the five crew members each get sick and die. After the last is buried at sea, the first mate goes below deck with an axe and begins to open a coffin. What does he see upon opening the first coffin?

Answer: Rats

The rats are another tie-in to the plague and assist with the assumption by townspeople that Orlok's victims are victims of the plague. Orlok himself does not have extended incisors for fangs, as do later portrayals. His fangs are very rat-like and close together - a second tie-in to the plague theme.

A third tie-in to the plague theme is the name of the film itself - "Nosferatu." Derived from the Greek "nosopheros," which means "plague carrier."
8. The boat containing the Count and his cargo arrives in the Bremen port. When the officials greeted the boat in the morning, what did they find?

Answer: Only the captain, and he was dead

Only the captain was found on board. His first mate had jumped overboard earlier shortly after he saw Orlok. There were records of the deaths of the other crewmembers in the ship's log, and of course there were rats. This combination, along with plague warnings coming in from eastern Europe, convinced the town council that the plague was upon them.
9. Remember Knock, the realtor? He goes completely "stark, raving mad" and is in an institution the next time we see him. When he knows Orlok, his master, has arrived to Bremen, he overpowers a guard and escapes. Why is he being chased?

Answer: He is the town scapegoat

This is another reference to the plague. It was not uncommon for townsfolk to find a scapegoat upon which to cast their blame for a disaster like the plague. Who better then Knock, who was apparently not well liked and had gone mad as well? Knock was chased, ran to a rooftop where he was stoned, escaped once more and finally recaptured.
10. Ellen, Hutter's wife, is ultimately attacked by Orlok in the final scenes. (True/False) The vampire had her spellbound and she was unable to resist, thus succumbing to his magic.

Answer: False

Unlike later Dracula incarnations, if that is an appropriate word, Ellen gave herself voluntarily to Orlok. She knew that the only way to save her city would be for an innocent maiden, like herself, to distract the vampire until the "cock crowed." By doing so, the vampire would die from the sun's rays. Bram Stoker was a strict Victorian, and many speculate that this was a metaphor warning of the dangers of illicit sex. I hope you enjoyed our visit with the first filmed Dracula. Sleep well.
Source: Author woofi

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