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La Boheme Trivia Quiz

This is my favourite opera. See how well you do with this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by rosieh. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
rosieh

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
233,101

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
490

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who composed 'La Boheme'? Hint

Rossini

Strauss

Verdi

Puccini

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Question 2 of 10

2. What modern day musical took its inspiration from 'La Boheme'? Hint

West Side Story

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

Carousel

Rent

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which best describes the story of 'La Boheme'? Hint

Struggling artist meets girl, they fall in love, artist becomes famous and rejects girl.

Struggling poetess meets man, they fall in love, but she is dying, and so pushes him away.

Struggling poet meets girl, they fall in love, but she leaves him and marries someone else.

Struggling poet meets girl, they fall in love, but girl is very ill and it ends in tragedy.

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Question 4 of 10

4. What do Rodolfo and Marcello burn to keep the fire lit? Hint

The table

Wood

Pages of Rodolfo's writing

Bed sheets

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where was the first performance of "La Boheme"? Hint

New York

Rome

Turin

London

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'La Boheme' roughly translates to what in English?

Answer: (Two Words, first word is 'The')

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Question 7 of 10

7. Rodolfo sings this to Mimi. 'Che gelida manina'. What does the start of the song roughly translate to in English? Hint

Your tiny hands are frozen

You are my one true love

You look so beautiful in the moonlight

Here, let me kiss you

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the second act, Musetta sings an aria while trying to make Marcello jealous. In English, what is this aria commonly referred to as? Hint

Musetta's Gavotte

Musetta's Ballad

Musetta's Waltz

Musetta's Aria

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of the cafe that they visit in the second act? Hint

Cafe Momus

Cafe Mommet

Cafe Marle

Cafe Monet

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Question 10 of 10

10. Pick the odd one out of these lyrics. Hint

Si, mi chiamano Mimi...

Quando men vo...

Che gelida manina...

Un bel di vedremo...

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who composed 'La Boheme'?

Answer: Puccini

Giacomo Puccini wrote 'La Boheme'. He also composed popular operas such as 'Tosca' and 'Madama Butterfly'.

2. What modern day musical took its inspiration from 'La Boheme'?

Answer: Rent

'Rent', by Jonathan Larson, is a modern retelling of 'La Boheme'. Even the characters' names have something in common:

Mimi - Mimi
Mark - Marcello
Roger - Rodolfo
Maureen - Musetta
Benny - Benito
Collins - Colline

3. Which best describes the story of 'La Boheme'?

Answer: Struggling poet meets girl, they fall in love, but girl is very ill and it ends in tragedy.

In the opera, Rodolfo, a struggling author, meets Mimi, a beautiful but poor girl. They start a passionate love affair, but Mimi is dying, although Rodolfo does not know this at the time.

4. What do Rodolfo and Marcello burn to keep the fire lit?

Answer: Pages of Rodolfo's writing

Rodolfo tears up his manuscript and throws it into the flames.

5. Where was the first performance of "La Boheme"?

Answer: Turin

In the Teatro Regio. It was conducted by Toscanini.

6. 'La Boheme' roughly translates to what in English?

Answer: The Bohemias

The title of the opera refers to the Bohemian lifestyle that is lived by the main character - Mimi

7. Rodolfo sings this to Mimi. 'Che gelida manina'. What does the start of the song roughly translate to in English?

Answer: Your tiny hands are frozen

Rodolfo sings this while attempting to warm Mimi's hands on the cold winter night.

8. In the second act, Musetta sings an aria while trying to make Marcello jealous. In English, what is this aria commonly referred to as?

Answer: Musetta's Waltz

'Musetta's Waltz' was also referred to in 'Rent'. Roger plays an excerpt of the aria on his guitar at various times during the movie.

9. What is the name of the cafe that they visit in the second act?

Answer: Cafe Momus

Rodolfo and Mimi join his friends at the Cafe Momus for some dinner. It is there that they see Musetta, an ex-girlfriend of Marcello's.

10. Pick the odd one out of these lyrics.

Answer: Un bel di vedremo...

'Un bel di vedremo' is from a different Puccini opera, 'Madama Butterfly', a love story of a Japanese woman who is married to an American. The American then leaves her even though she is pregnant with his child, and marries an American lady. 'Un bed di vedremo' is a song that Cio Cio San ('Madama Butterfly') sings. She is dreaming that her love will come back to her someday.

'Si, mi chiamano Mimi' is sung by Mimi when she is telling Rodolfo all about herself.

'Che gelida manina' is sung by Rodolfo to Mimi as he attempts to warm her hands.

'Quando men vo' is Musetta's waltz, sung by Musetta as she tries to make Marcello jealous.

Source: Author rosieh

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