Bel Canto Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Bel Canto? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Why doesn't President Masuda come to Mr. Hosokawa's birthday party?


He's detained by a very important conversation with another head of state
He has the flu
He's watching a soap opera
He bought Mr. Hosokawa a rap album, and by the time he found out Mr. H prefers opera, it was too late to get something else
Q. What medical problem does General Benjamin have throughout the book?


Pneumonia
Shingles
Tuberculosis
A cut on his face
Q. What does Edith Thibault give Simon before she leaves the house with most of the women?


A small bottle of her perfume
A Nine Inch Nails album, just in case he gets tired of opera
Her necklace
Her scarf
Q. Gen and Roxane get married in the birthplace of which opera composer?


Wagner
Elton John—hey, he did write Aida
Mozart
Puccini
Q. Which era of painting helped Fyodorov fall in love with art originally?


Finger painting, duzzies
Medieval
Baroque
Impressionist