SparkNotes: Bel Canto: Quiz

1. Where is Bel Canto set?

(A) Southeast Asia

(B) South America

(C) Central America

(D) An unnamed continent

2. Katsumi Hosokawa attends the birthday party because

(A) He wants to build a factory and needs the government's help

(B) He wants to hear Roxanne Coss sing

(C) He craves exotic adventures

(D) He wants to escape from his wife

3. The centerpiece of Roxanne Coss's repertoire is music from the opera

(A) Rigoletto

(B) Rusalka

(C) The Marriage of Figaro

(D) The Magic Flute

4. Which characters are in love at the beginning of the novel?

(A) Edith Thibault and Simon Thibault

(B) Gen Watanabe and Carmen

(C) Katsumi Hosakawa and Roxanne Coss

(D) Viktor Fydorov and Roxanne Coss

5. How old was Katsumi Hosokawa when he first attended the opera?

(A) twenty-nine

(B) forty-five

(C) eighteen

(D) eleven

6. What did Coss's accompanist tell Coss on the plane?

(A) That he has a bad feeling about the party

(B) That he plans to quit after the party

(C) That he is in love with her

(D) That he dreams of stardom

7. The president does not attend the party because he

(A) Is attending a conference

(B) Is visiting his mistress

(C) Is playing golf

(D) Is watching a soap opera

8. Joachim Messner is

(A) The president of Switzerland

(B) A representative of the Red Cross

(C) A friend of the vice president's

(D) A terrorist

9. What does Joachim Messner do when the general tells him to lie down?

(A) Begs for mercy

(B) Calls his boss

(C) Lies down next to Roxanne Coss

(D) Leaves

10. The first character in the novel to die is

(A) Oscar Mendoza

(B) General Alfredo

(C) Christopf

(D) Lothar Falken

11. The female hostages who have been released look as if they are

(A) Controlling their panic with difficulty

(B) Escaping the clutches of death

(C) Walking away from a burning building or a sinking ship

(D) Moving in a fog of disbelief

12. When he was a businessman in Japan, Tetsuya Kato practiced the piano

(A) In the evening, after dinner

(B) In the morning, before work

(C) Only when no one was at home

(D) For five hours every day

13. The generals give Father Arguedas permission to make one phone call so he can

(A) Ask his friend for sheet music

(B) Ask his uncle to contact the press

(C) Request that the president come to negotiate

(D) Demand medicine for General Benjamin

14. Carmen first approaches Gen Watanabe because she wants help

(A) Writing a letter

(B) Reading a letter

(C) Learning to read and write

(D) Escaping from the generals

15. Simon Thibault takes a knife from Ishmael

(A) In order to kill Ishmael

(B) In order to pick a lock

(C) In order to cut up vegetables

(D) In order to cut his hair

16. Carmen's greatest skill as a terrorist is her ability to

(A) Move so quietly that no one notices her

(B) Charm the enemy into submission

(C) Fend off policemen unwilling to shoot a young girl

(D) Shoot her gun with accuracy

17. Carmen and Gen Watanabe make love for the first time

(A) In the vice president's bedroom

(B) In the china closet

(C) In the general's office

(D) In the garden

18. The young terrorist who most often points a gun at a hostage is

(A) Ishmael

(B) Cesar

(C) Carmen

(D) Beatriz

19. General Benjamin is proud of Ishmael for

(A) Learning to play chess

(B) Turning against the hostages

(C) Understanding the history of his country

(D) Dreaming of being a general

20. Ruben Iglesias gives General Benjamin

(A) His gun

(B) A letter

(C) Medicine

(D) A bottle of whiskey

21. After Cesar finishes singing, he

(A) Bows and basks in the praise

(B) Asks if there are any requests

(C) Looks around for Coss

(D) Hides in a tree

22. Ruben Iglesias dreams that after the siege is over he will

(A) Adopt Ishmael

(B) Become president

(C) Move with his family to another country

(D) Sleep every day until noon

23. When Roxanne Coss sees the government soldiers, she

(A) Runs to them

(B) Runs away from them

(C) Sings an aria

(D) Screams

24. At the end of the novel, Roxanne Coss marries

(A) Gen Watanabe

(B) Katsumi Hosokawa

(C) Tetsuya Kato

(D) Christopf

25. The guests at the wedding are

(A) Ruben Iglesias and his family

(B) Simon and Edith Thibault

(C) Coss's new accompanist and Viktor Fyodorov

(D) The Vienna Philharmonic