The Cellist of Sarajevo quiz: 20 questions by Mark Seifert

Progress: 1 of 20 questions

Steven Galloway

Identify the main themes in the book

happiness, joy and success
life versus death and illusion versus reality
excess of life
music as a symbol of greatness

« previous question next question »

Progress: 2 of 20 questions

The main symbols in the Cellist are:

brutality of war
The cello and the number 22
The color orange
Winter

« previous question next question »

Progress: 3 of 20 questions

The of this book is set in the year _________ and it occurs in ___________

1975 and Afghanistan
1962 and Russia
1983 and Syria
1992 and near Bosnia and Herzegovnia

« previous question next question »

Progress: 4 of 20 questions

The name of the song that the Cellist played each day was

The Albino Master
The Cellist Major
Albinoni's Adagio
Kenan's Reveille

« previous question next question »

Progress: 5 of 20 questions

How many main characters are followed in the novel The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway?

2
4
3
none

« previous question next question »

Progress: 6 of 20 questions

What is the Cellist commemorating by playing the Cello each day

15 people hit by a roadside bomb
F15 missle strike
ethnic cleansing of 22 camels
the deaths of 22 people as they stood in line for bread

« previous question next question »

Progress: 7 of 20 questions

Which of the following best describes Kenan?

elderly alcoholic man
Wfie Amelia; helped Mrs. Ristovski
famous Sarajevo soccer star
plays the Cello every day at 4pm

« previous question next question »

Progress: 8 of 20 questions

Which of the following best describes Arrow?

Runs away when forced to kill civilians who are of the same religion of the men on the hills
negotiates a peaceful surrender with snipers
a corrupt soldier that takes the money of the Cellist
famous baker in Sarajevo

« previous question next question »

Progress: 9 of 20 questions

Which best describes the Cellist?

a coward; quit playing the Cello during the war
see how is Cello provides hope to the people of Sarajevo and plays for 22 days @ 4pm
focues on himself and no one else
hid a Cello from the soldiers so he wouldnt be killed

« previous question next question »

Progress: 10 of 20 questions

In the book The Cellist of Sarajevo, where are Dragan's wife and son?

the Bahamma
Portugal
Italy
Sarajevo

« previous question next question »

Progress: 11 of 20 questions

Dragan is

courageous freedom fighter
owns bread store; would rather die than be wounded
married to Jovan
survived sniper shot and taken to hospital

« previous question next question »

Progress: 12 of 20 questions

Nermin is

Kenan elderly neighbor
the local drunk
Arrow's unit commander
a young boy killed by snipers

« previous question next question »

Progress: 13 of 20 questions

A main theme of the book is illusion versus reality AND life versus death. Life versus death is demonstrated by:

characters have to decide whether they want to fight or live
Arrow deciding who gets to live who is to be killed
Keenan getting water for Mrs Ristovski...if he doesn't do this; she wil die
All of the above

« previous question next question »

Progress: 14 of 20 questions

A main theme is also SELF SACRIFICE. This is demonstrated by:

the bakery staying open for the people
the characters caring for their pets
Arrow, Kenan, Dragan and the Cellist doing specific acts to help their city survive
the death of the emperor at the end of Chapter 4

« previous question next question »

Progress: 15 of 20 questions

One of the reasons the people of Sarajevo don't hold onto friendships is:

they just didn't make many friends
death is inevitable in Sarajevo
Sarajevo people are not friendly
all of the above

« previous question next question »

Progress: 16 of 20 questions

Survival is a main theme too; this is demonstrated by:

Arrow--she realizes that the more she jeapordizes her own life, the more likely others might survive
Kenan---he is fixated on the number 22
the cellist who seeks to earn money because he is very poor
None of the above

« previous question next question »

Progress: 17 of 20 questions

True or False----the war doesn't really impact the citizens

false-they are so poor, no one cares about life
False-Dragan had to send his wife and son to Italy so they could survive
true--the water shortage is due to flooding
false--the war is just somethign they accept

« previous question next question »

Progress: 18 of 20 questions

The book illustrates interesting relationships. One is the:

the relationship between the Cellist and his Cello
The relationship between Kenan and Mrs Ristovski
the love hate relationship between Kenan and Nermin
all of the above

« previous question next question »

Progress: 19 of 20 questions

Why did Arrow decide to surrender herself at the end of the novel?

even though she had killed sniper earlier; she had the highest morals and didn't want to kill human being and took the high road morally
Arrow was feeling ill and just decided to give up
Arrow was overtaken by Alisa
Arrow didn't surrender she committed suicide

« previous question next question »

Progress: 20 of 20 questions

Why does Arrow hate going to funerals?

it makes her sick
since the start of the war, she is not able to grieve anyway, so sees no reason to attend
she actually likes funerals
None of the above

« previous question next question »

Before you submit this quiz

Would you like to go back and check your answers?

Only the quiz score from the first time you took this quiz will be recorded permanently.

« previous question or