2. Which of Verdi's operas from the list below is based on a drama by William Shakespeare? Simon Boccanegra Macbeth Don Carlo
3. Which of Verdi's operas is based on a drama by the German writer Friedrich Schiller? I Masnadieri I due Foscari Rigoletto
4. Which flower plays an important role in Verdi's La Traviata? A daisy (Violetta loves to pick them in the yard) A camellia (Violetta is given a camellia by Alfredo, or vice versa) A rose (Isn't there a rose in every opera?)
5. Where does the third act of La Traviata take place (as it is supposed to be staged)? In a bar In a bull-fight arena In a ball room
6. Which of the following does not take place in any opera by Giuseppe Verdi? A women decides to go to a convent at the end of an opera A man gets shot by his best friend because he is overwhelmingly in love with his best friend's wife A king falls in love with his wife's servant, so he kills the wife and marries the servant
7. In Verdi's Rigoletto how does Gilda really die? She is suffocated in a sack She poisons herself because she is terribly jealous that the Duke of Mantua has had an affair with Maddalena and has had a child, Sparafucile, with her She is stabbed with a knife and bleeds to death
8. Why does Anna Bolena go mad at the end of the opera Anna Bolena by Donizetti? Because Smeton burned the poisoned wedding cake which was supposed to kill Henry VIII and Giovanna Seymour Because of the intrigues of Henry VIII, which result in a death sentence for her and her accomplices Because she takes the wrong medicine due to the intrigues of Henry VIII against their pharmacist.
9. Who is Anna Bolenas daughter? Rosamonda D' Inghilterra Elisabetta Maria Stuarda
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