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Quiz about Questions on the Film The Golden Bowl

Questions on the Film 'The Golden Bowl' Quiz

The latest Merchant-Ivory production is 'The Golden Bowl'. Here are some questions on this fascinating film.

A multiple-choice quiz by bridget3. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bridget3

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,664

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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185

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'The Golden Bowl' is based on a novel by which author? Hint

Edith Wharton

Henry James

Virginia Woolf

E M Forster

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Question 2 of 10

2. The film is a Merchant-Ivory production; they used one of their favourite writers for the adaptation, who? Hint

Margaret Atwood

Beryl Bainbridge

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Muriel Spark

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Question 3 of 10

3. The action of 'The Golden Bowl' takes place in Britain and which other country? Hint

USA

France

Ireland

Italy

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Question 4 of 10

4. Jeremy Northam plays the Principe - what is his character's first name? Hint

Rodolfo

Gregory

Luciano

Amerigo

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Question 5 of 10

5. What fictional city do the father and daughter, Adam and Maggie Verver, come from? Hint

New London

Metropolis

American City

Gotham City

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is it Adam Verver (Nick Nolte)'s great ambition to build? Hint

Tram way

Art gallery

Hospital

University

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who plays Adam's second wife, Charlotte? Hint

Kate Beckinsale

Uma Thurman

Angelica Huston

Gillian Anderson

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which provincial city do the adulterous lovers stay over? Hint

York

Bristol

Oxford

Gloucester

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the symbolic characteristic of the Golden Bowl? Hint

It does not exist

It is stolen

It is flawed

It is a forgery

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Question 10 of 10

10. What happens to the Golden Bowl? Hint

It vanishes

It gets broken

It is found in the garden

It is put in the museum

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'The Golden Bowl' is based on a novel by which author?

Answer: Henry James

Other James novels filmed in recent years include Wings of a Dove, Washington Square and Portrait of a Lady.

2. The film is a Merchant-Ivory {production;} they used one of their favourite writers for the adaptation, who?

Answer: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was born to Polish parents and married into an Indian family, hence her unusual name. She is a successful novelist in her own right.

3. The action of 'The Golden Bowl' takes place in Britain and which other country?

Answer: Italy

Most of the film takes place in England, but it opens in Rome.

4. Jeremy Northam plays the Principe - what is his character's first name?

Answer: Amerigo

He is supposed to be descended from the Amerigo who gave his name to America

5. What fictional city do the father and daughter, Adam and Maggie Verver, come from?

Answer: American City

American City is a typical new industrial city of the age, built on the proceeds of mining.

6. What is it Adam Verver (Nick Nolte)'s great ambition to build?

Answer: Art gallery

He wants to bring 'something beautiful', European art and culture to his city.

7. Who plays Adam's second wife, Charlotte?

Answer: Uma Thurman

Kate Beckinsale plays his daughter Maggie, and Angelica Huston plays her friend Fanny Assingham.

8. In which provincial city do the adulterous lovers stay over?

Answer: Gloucester

They pretend to have visited the Cathedral but have problems rembering which monuments are there....

9. What is the symbolic characteristic of the Golden Bowl?

Answer: It is flawed

It has a flaw which only some people can see, to others it looks perfect.

10. What happens to the Golden Bowl?

Answer: It gets broken

Fanny breaks it deliberately after it has been the cause of grief to Maggie Verver.

Source: Author bridget3

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