Cellist Of Sarajevo

Question 1

What do you learn about in the prologue of the novel?

Answer 1

Cellist shares how his town is being attacked and dhow he is very connected to playing the Cello
Only thing setting him through the war

Question 2

What is the point of Albinoni’s Adagio?

Answer 2

It is marked by violence, although it is depressing it captures the protagonist love for the city through the book

Question 3

Why does the Adagio provide hope to the cellist?

Answer 3

Gives hope for creating something lovely out of Sarajevo after ruins

Question 4

Who is Arrow?

Answer 4

A talented lady sniper
Only shoots Soldiers
Orphan
College Student

Question 5

What motivates Arrow? Who does she fight for?

Answer 5

Motivated by hatred of soilders
Executes those who deserve it
Escape blame after war is over

Question 6

What is Arrow’s job? Why?

Answer 6

Protecting the cellist
Sniper for the Sarajevan defense corps

Question 7

What are the conditions that Arrow has to fight with?

Answer 7

Be craeful she only murders men she thinks deserves it
Freedom of choosing her own targets but does not watch to contribute to the bloodshed and anger of the war

Question 8

What funeral does Arrow attend? Why? What happens?

Answer 8

Her neighbor’s funeral because she had liked him before the war
The funeral was mortar-shelled
People jumped into graves to protect themselves

Question 9

Who is Dragan?

Answer 9

An elderly bakery worker
Sent his wife, Raza, and son, Davor, to live safely in Italy
Dragan isolates himself in the city
He reawakens to his own emotions after running into his old friend Emina

Question 10

Who is the woman that Dragan meets ? How does he know her? What is she trying to do?

Answer 10

Emina
Old Friends with his Wife
She is trying to get heart medication to someone

Question 11

Who is Kenan?

Answer 11

Middle-aged father who attempts to protect his family during the siege, Kenan’s mission during the novel is to get water for his household and for his elderly neighbor, Mrs. Ristovski

Question 12

Who is Kenan taking care of? Why?

Answer 12

His family and Mrs. Ritosovski
He isn’t a courageous man who is to sacred to say no to something

Question 13

How does Kenan stay brave?

Answer 13

His dreams of rebuilding Sarajevo

Question 14

What did Kenan do before the war? What sign of disbelief does he reveal?

Answer 14

Clerical Assistant in an Accounting Firm
Doesn’t consider himself a hero because he avoided enlisting in war and is concerned with seeing that his family survives the war
He reveals he is only faking being brave and dis actually very scared

Question 15

What is his trip to the brewery like?

Answer 15

Sees multiple people die on the way and concludes there are three types of people who inhabit the brewery

Question 16

Some of the people that these three-meet deal with the war in different ways. What are some of these examples?

Answer 16

Those who fled
Those who make an effort to help and save as many people as possible
Some who are shocked and emotionless (Ghosts)
Kenan makes a statement he belongs to the last

Question 17

Who is Nermin Filipovic? What’s his job? What happens to him?

Answer 17

Sergeant in Sarajevan Defense Corps
Has experience in pervious War
Assigns arrow to protect Cellist
His building gets blown up and he dies

Question 18

What passes for money these days?

Answer 18

Cigarettes
Food/Water
Necessities

Question 19

When Dragan and Emina try to cross the street, what happens? Who dies?

Answer 19

Dragan and Emina attempt to cross the street during a ceasefire
Emina gets shot in the shoulder/arm
A Hatman dies

Question 20

Dragan flashbacks to a memory. What happened to him? What did he do?

Answer 20

Dragan witnessed a young boy being killed by a sniper while playing soccer in the street
Overcome with guilt and remorse for not intervening to save the boy

Question 21

What does Kenan think of himself? What do he and his wife do to keep a brave face?

Answer 21

Sees himself as an ordinary person thrust into extraordinary circumstances
Challenges of survival in the besieged city of Sarajevo
They find moments of joy, keep calm, have emotional support, and focus on support

Question 22

What does Dragan decide to do? Why? Who is watching him?

Answer 22

Remove the body from the Road
He realizes that it won’t only hope him but help the city
No one is watching him (Maybe the Cameraman)