Life is Beautiful Study Guide

1. Who hiccups when made to do something he/she doesn't want to do?

• Dora
• Doctor Lessing
• Guido
• Uncle Eliseo

2. What does Guido do when Dora tells him that a wasp has stung her?

• He calls the hospital
• He sucks the venom out of her leg
• He tells her that he is a bee
• He puts her on a makeshift stretcher

3. Who does Uncle Eliseo refer to as "barbarians"?

• The hooligans who have just attacked him
• Visigoths
• Gypsies
• Uncultured customers

4. Who does Guido pretend to be at the school?

• A teacher
• A janitor
• A student
• An inspector

5. Who composes the opera that Guido and Dora both go to see?

• Wagner
• Beethoven
• Mozart
• Offenbach

6. What animal does Guido tell the little girl he is going to have imported onto the farm?

• Camels
• Koalas
• Tigers
• Peacocks

7. When Ferruccio and Guido can't stop the car at the beginning of the film, what do the townspeople do when he motions for them to get out of the way?

• They try to help him stop the car
• They scream
• They dive into the bushes
• They give him a Fascist salute

8. What does Dora end up doing after the opera?

• She is kidnapped by Guido
• She has dinner at the prefect's house with her fiance
• She runs away to the country
• She goes home

9. What does Guido do when the German waiter overhears Giosue say "Thank you" in Italian?

• He hides Giosue in a wheelbarrow
• He bribes the other waiter with chocolate
• He teaches all the other children how to say "Thank you" in Italian
• He grabs Giosue and runs

10. What does Guido call the boy playing "hide-and-go-seek" in the concentration camp?

• Hansel
• Gunnar
• Lars
• Schwanz