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FACTS QUOTATIONS LITERARY INTERPRETATI

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100 What is the original language of the play?

a) French b) Spanishc) English

200 What does the name of the main

character, Carmen, mean?

a) bird b) gypsy

c) song

300 In which city of Spain does the play take

place?

a) Badajoz b)Sevillec) Valencia

400 Where does Don Jose kill Carmen?

a) In a templeb) In an arena

c) In the mountains

500 Georges Bizet ‘s play version is based on

a novel. Who is the author?a) Prosper Merime

b) Bartolomé de Torres Naharro c) Manuel Tamayo

100 “A kiss for her son! I’ll give to you now

as promised.” a) Micaela

b) Don Jose’s mother c) Mercedes

200“The flower that you threw to me, stayed

with me in prison. For hours at a time with my eyes closed I became

intoxicated by its aroma, recalling your image night and day.”a) Don Jose

b) Escamillo c) Zuniga

300“ Come with us to the mountains, and you’ll see how beautiful the wandering life can be, with the whole world your domain, and your own free will as the

law.” a)the soldiers b) the gypsies

c) factory workers

400“Toreador, get ready! And remember that

as you fight, dark eyes are watching you, and that love will be your sweet

reward!” a) Frasquita

b) Don Jose c) Escamillo

500“ What do I care, there is no way to

change our destiny!”a) Micaela

b) Mercedes c) Carmen

100Carmen throws a flower to Don Jose. What

does this flower symbolize for Don Jose?a) death for Don Jose

b) a passionate love and collapse of Don Jose

c) a marriage offer to Don Jose

200Carmen and José's scenes together

represent the stages of their relationship. Which act represents

‘seduction’?a) Act 3 b) Act 1 c)Act 2

300What does Micaela represent in the play?

a) Innoncent side of Carmen b) Don Jose’ love for his mother

c) Don Jose’s lost virtues 

400Throughout the play, it is always women who

are misjudging or who are deviant. If we read the play by analyzing the “male”

characters, we see that they also go wrong. Which one is not among their mistakes or

weaknesses?a) Don Jose leaving his responsibilities as a

son and as a soldier to flee with Carmen b)Don Jose still praying for her love before

killing Carmenc) Don Jose killing Escamillo out of jealousy

 

500What is the point of killing Carmen at the end of

the story? What does the ‘playwright’ aim by that?

a) If she had lived, she would have stayed as a bad figure of a tricky woman in the minds of the

readers. The playwright killed her so that the reader would pity on her and approve her as a

lover.b) She always claimed that she was keen on her freedom and no man could tame her. Death gave

her an immortal freedom.c) She always played with men, but she never suffered. So, being murdered by a man didn’t

come as a thief in the night for her.