The Cellist of Sarajevo Quizzes

The Cellist of Sarajevo Quiz 1

1 What decade does the novel take place?
The 1990s

The 1960s

The 1970s

The 1980s
2 How many characters get their own section(s)?
4

1

3

2
3 Which character only gets one section?
Dragan

Kenan

The cellist

Arrow
4 Why does the cellist decide to play ?
To honor the dead

To ease his suffering

To resist

To save music
5 How many days will the cellist play?
12

20

22

10
6 The enemy is referred to as "the men on _____ "
the mountains

the hills

the fringes

the bluff
7 Arrow's sniping is
practiced

an art

erratic

intuitive
8 Arrow refuses to kill
civilians

women

old people

soldiers
9 Arrow hates the men on the hills because
they made her hate them

they are the enemy

she loves her city

they are evil
10 Arrow's choice of a target
is always planned

is sometimes random

is never planned

is told to her in advance
11 Kenan is in his
40s

20s

50s

60s
12 What is Kenan's main duty?
To be a sniper

To fight the men on the hills

To get water

To work at a bakery
13 How many containers in total does Kenan take?
4

6

2

10
14 Mrs. Ristovski is all the following except
rude

nosy

opinionated

young
15 Dragan works at a/an
office building

bakery

marketplace

fortress
16 Dragan's main action in the novel is
trying to get to work

trying to kill the men on the hills

trying to get water

trying to protect his family
17 Dragan's family is
missing

dead

in Italy

in Sarajevo
18 The snipers that menace Dragan are at
intersections

the brewery

bridges

the marketplace
19 Dragan thinks the city looks
dark

dead

cruel

gray
20 Whom does Dragan first see at the intersection?
A neighbor

A man who used to work near him

A man with a hat

Emina
21 Ismet is
formerly a taxi driver

a soldier

a friend of Kenan's

all of these
22 How does Kenan feel about fighting in the war?
He is afraid to kill

He avoids being drafted

He is afraid to die

All of these
23 Kenan is always amused by the unbroken
car windows

mirror on the street

car mirrors

apartment windows
24 Kenan sold what on the black market?
His wedding ring

His washing machine

His guitar

His typewriter
25 How do people get out of Sarajevo?
By boat

Airplanes

A tunnel

A road

Memory:

Now, after all that has happened, Dragan knows that the Sarajevo he remembers, the city he grew up in and was proud of and happy with, likely never existed. If he looks around him, it's hard to see what once was, or maybe was. More and...

Asked by Joseph M #1333013

Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/10/2024 7:05 PM