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Quiz about Opera Plots
Quiz about Opera Plots

Opera Plots Trivia Quiz


Match the plot with the opera. For extra credit, you can sing to yourself your favorite aria from the opera you select as your answer.

A multiple-choice quiz by Pat6789. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Pat6789
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
473
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2922
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. A slave girl of royal birth tricks her boyfriend into betraying his country and spends the rest of her life with him in the basement. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Amorous count enlists the aid of a factotum to win the hand of a fair maiden who is held cloistered by her lecherous guardian. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Starving French author falls for a sick and starving neighbor; relationship has its ups and downs; poor girl dies in the end. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Gypsy girl lures infatuated hick soldier into a life of crime; leaves him for a bullfighter; she meets a bad end. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Country bumpkin woos local hotty but needs help from 'Dr. Feelgood' who cons him. A couple of bottles later, the rube wins the lass by a twist of fate. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Faithful cross-dressing wife frees political prisoner husband. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Asian military bride loses sailor husband to his American wife; gives up child; gives up life. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Manservant's future wife is pursued by the Count while the Countess, yearning for the Count, is being chased by a teenage boy who is also after another servant girl. Manservant, his bride, the Countess, and the boy entrap the Count in a rendevouz. (Whew!) All's well that ends well. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Double-crossed henchman plots revenge on his libertine master but pays the price with the life of his daughter. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Druid high priestess is thrown over by Roman boyfriend and vows revenge. In the end, both are burned up. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A slave girl of royal birth tricks her boyfriend into betraying his country and spends the rest of her life with him in the basement.

Answer: Aida

So the reference to the 'basement' is 'Cryptic'! Aida and Radames might have lived longer in the tomb if they hadn't used up all the air by singing so much.
2. Amorous count enlists the aid of a factotum to win the hand of a fair maiden who is held cloistered by her lecherous guardian.

Answer: Barber of Seville

It's a close shave but Count Almaviva wins out !
3. Starving French author falls for a sick and starving neighbor; relationship has its ups and downs; poor girl dies in the end.

Answer: La Boheme

Cold {hands;} warm heart. This time most of the coughing is on stage and not in the audience.
4. Gypsy girl lures infatuated hick soldier into a life of crime; leaves him for a bullfighter; she meets a bad end.

Answer: Carmen

In this case, it wasn't cigarettes that were hazardous to Carmen's {health;} it was her 'matches'!
5. Country bumpkin woos local hotty but needs help from 'Dr. Feelgood' who cons him. A couple of bottles later, the rube wins the lass by a twist of fate.

Answer: The Elixir of Love

So, Nemorino came by two of the most powerful aphrodisiacs known to humankind: Love and Money !
6. Faithful cross-dressing wife frees political prisoner husband.

Answer: Fidelio

Well, it was good enough for two titles and four overtures!
7. Asian military bride loses sailor husband to his American wife; gives up child; gives up life.

Answer: Madama Butterfly

This one has the original 'One Fine Day'...and it isn't the Doo-Wop version.
8. Manservant's future wife is pursued by the Count while the Countess, yearning for the Count, is being chased by a teenage boy who is also after another servant girl. Manservant, his bride, the Countess, and the boy entrap the Count in a rendevouz. (Whew!) All's well that ends well.

Answer: Marriage of Figaro

What a plot--as complicated as the music is beautiful !
9. Double-crossed henchman plots revenge on his libertine master but pays the price with the life of his daughter.

Answer: Rigoletto

Makes the mob look tame.
10. Druid high priestess is thrown over by Roman boyfriend and vows revenge. In the end, both are burned up.

Answer: Norma

Don't worry ! Auntie Adalgisa took care of the kids.
Source: Author Pat6789

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