Life is Beautiful

The drama explores a theme about the --

• choice to esteem love

• need to face reality

• value of national pride

• maintaining of status quo

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The inclusion of the young son Josue in the story helps the reader to see the --

• cruelty of dehumanizing a people group

• power of imagination to alter a society

• uselessness of protecting children from harm

• need to instill moral values in our next generation

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The tone of the scene when Guido translates the Nazi's instructions to the newest prisoners is --

• tragic

• joyous

• amusing

• hostile

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When Josue refuses to take a shower before his birthday party, the reader later infers that his ---

• father indulged him too often

• stubbornness saved his life

• attitude affected his mother's decision to board the train

• pride contributed to his imprisonment

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Guido's fascination with the Schopenhauer method symbolizes his attempt to exercise --

• will power over his temptations

• mystic powers displaying superiority

• control in an uncontrollable world

• revenge upon his Nazi enemies

Which quotation captures Guido's internal conflict with his circumstances?

• You can lose all you points for any one of three things. One: If you cry. two: If you ask for your mother. Three: If you're hungry and ask for a snack! Forget it!

• Seats? On a train? It's obvious you've never ridden one before! No, everybody's packed in, standing up. Look at this line to get on! Hey, We've got tickets, save room for us!

• What kind of place is this? It's beautiful: Pigeons fly, women fall from the sky! I'm moving here!

• You are such a good boy. You sleep now. Maybe this is all a dream, and in the morning, Mommy will wake up with milk and cookies.

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What does the use of humor reveal about Guido's character?

• His expectations to survive are unrealistic.

• His love for his wife and his son is limitless.

• He enjoys being the center of everyone's attention.

• He is concerned that his people take life too seriously.

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Read this closing quote-- "This is my story. This is the sacrifice my father made. This was his gift to me." This quote is told from the point of view of --

• cynical first person adult

• gregarious third person child

• unreliable third person child

• grateful first person adult

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