Literary Works About Musical Instruments
| Description: This quiz tests your knowledge of literary works that feature musical instruments as a central theme or motif. | |
| Number of Questions: 15 | |
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| Tags: music literature musical instruments |
In the novel "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson, what is the name of the piano that is passed down through generations of the Charles family?
In the opera "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi, what instrument is played by the protagonist, Violetta Valéry?
In the poem "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats, what instrument does the speaker hear that inspires him to write the poem?
In the novel "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner, what instrument does the character Benjy Compson play?
In the play "Amadeus" by Peter Shaffer, what instrument does the protagonist, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, play?
In the novel "The Music of Dolphins" by Karen Hesse, what instrument does the protagonist, Mila, learn to play?
In the film "The Red Violin" by François Girard, what is the name of the violin that is passed down through generations of musicians?
In the novel "The Piano Tuner" by Daniel Mason, what instrument does the protagonist, Edgar Drake, tune?
In the play "The Fantasticks" by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, what instrument does the character El Gallo play?
In the novel "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath, what instrument does the protagonist, Esther Greenwood, play?
In the film "Once" by John Carney, what instrument does the protagonist, Guy, play?
In the novel "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller, what instrument does the protagonist, Achilles, play?
In the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, what instrument does the character Tom Wingfield play?
In the novel "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson, what is the name of the character who is a skilled piano player?
In the film "The Sound of Music" by Robert Wise, what instrument does the protagonist, Maria von Trapp, play?