The Pianist Quiz Questions
1. What is W?adys?aw Szpilman’s profession?
(a) Violinist
(b) Conductor
(c) Pianist
(d) Composer
2. Where does Szpilman live before the war?
(a) Kraków
(b) Warsaw
(c) ?ód?
(d) Gda?sk
3. What event marks the beginning of the war in the movie?
(a) The invasion of Poland by Germany
(b) The bombing of Warsaw
(c) The round-up of Jews
(d) The establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto
4. What is the name of the cafe where Szpilman plays?
(a) Cafe de la Paix
(b) Cafe Pod Katedr?
(c) Cafe Sztuka
(d) Cafe Nwoszesna
5. What is the name of the ghetto where Szpilman and his family are forced to live?
(a) Kraków Ghetto
(b) ?ód? Ghetto
(c) Warsaw Ghetto
(d) Vilnius Ghetto
6. What is the “Umschlagplatz”?
(a) A market
(b) A train station for deportations
(c) A place of execution
(d) A Jewish council meeting place
7. What saves Szpilman from being deported to a death camp?
(a) His musical talent
(b) A family friend’s intervention
(c) A random act of kindness from a German soldier
(d) His wife’s connections
8. Where does Szpilman initially hide after escaping deportation?
(a) In a cellar
(b) In an attic
(c) In a hospital
(d) With a Polish family
9. What is the name of the Polish resistance movement?
(a) Warsaw Ghetto uprising
(b) Polska Partia Robotnicza (PPR)
(c) Solidarno??
(d) Zwi?zek Walki Zbrojnej (ZWZ)
10. What does Szpilman do to pass the time in hiding?
(a) Reads books
(b) Writes music
(c) Plays an imaginary piano
(d) Learns a new language
11. What illness does Szpilman suffer from while in hiding?
(a) Jaundice
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Starvation
12. Who helps Szpilman while he is hiding?
(a) Andrzej
(b) Janina
(c) Dorota
(d) All of the above
13. What does the German officer ask Szpilman when he discovers him in the abandoned building?
(a) His name
(b) His profession
(c) Where he is hiding
(d) If he is Jewish
14. What piece of music does Szpilman play for the German officer?
(a) Chopin’s “Ballade No. 1 in G minor”
(b) Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata
(c) Bach’s Goldberg Variations
(d) Mozart’s Requiem
15.What does the German officer give Szpilman after hearing him play?
(a) Food
(b) Water
(c) A blanket
(d) All of the above
16. What is the name of the German officer who helps Szpilman?
(a) Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld
(b) Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann
(c) General Friedrich Paulus
(d) Major Josef Mengele
17. What happens to the German officer after the war?
(a) He is executed as a war criminal.
(b) He is imprisoned in a Soviet POW camp.
(c) He escapes to South America.
(d) He is never found.
18. How does Szpilman describe his experience in the radio broadcast at the beginning of the film?
(a) Tragic
(b) Inspiring
(c) Ordinary
(d) Unbelievable
19. What year does the movie begin?
(a) 1937
(b) 1939
(c) 1941
(d) 1943
20. What is the significance of the white armband with the Star of David?
(a) It identified Jewish people.
(b) It signified a person’s profession.
(c) It was a symbol of resistance.
(d) It indicated a person’s social status.
21. What happens to Szpilman’s father?
(a) He escapes to Switzerland.
(b) He is killed in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
(c) He is deported to Treblinka and murdered.
(d) He survives the war and reunites with his son.
22. What kind of music does Szpilman play in the cafe?
(a) Classical
(b) Jazz
(c) Popular tunes
(d) Folk music
23. What does Szpilman witness from his window while in hiding?
(a) The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
(b) The arrival of Allied troops
(c) The German retreat
(d) All of the above
24. What does Szpilman find in the abandoned building where he takes refuge later in the film?
(a) Food
(b) A piano
(c) A German uniform
(d) Ammunition
25. Who is the director of the film “The Pianist”?
(a) Roman Polanski
(b) Christopher Nolan
(c) Steven Spielberg
(d) Martin Scorsese
The Pianist Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What is W?adys?aw Szpilman’s profession?
(c) Pianist
2. Where does Szpilman live before the war?
(b) Warsaw
3. What event marks the beginning of the war in the movie?
(a) The invasion of Poland by Germany
4. What is the name of the cafe where Szpilman plays?
(d) Cafe Nwoszesna
5. What is the name of the ghetto where Szpilman and his family are forced to live?
(c) Warsaw Ghetto
6. What is the “Umschlagplatz”?
(b) A train station for deportations
7. What saves Szpilman from being deported to a death camp?
(b) A family friend’s intervention
8. Where does Szpilman initially hide after escaping deportation?
(d) With a Polish family
9. What is the name of the Polish resistance movement?
(a) Warsaw Ghetto uprising
10. What does Szpilman do to pass the time in hiding?
(c) Plays an imaginary piano
11. What illness does Szpilman suffer from while in hiding?
(a) Jaundice
12. Who helps Szpilman while he is hiding?
(d) All of the above
13. What does the German officer ask Szpilman when he discovers him in the abandoned building?
(b) His profession
14. What piece of music does Szpilman play for the German officer?
(a) Chopin’s “Ballade No. 1 in G minor”
15.What does the German officer give Szpilman after hearing him play?
(d) All of the above
16. What is the name of the German officer who helps Szpilman?
(a) Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld
17. What happens to the German officer after the war?
(b) He is imprisoned in a Soviet POW camp.
18. How does Szpilman describe his experience in the radio broadcast at the beginning of the film?
(d) Unbelievable
19. What year does the movie begin?
(b) 1939
20. What is the significance of the white armband with the Star of David?
(a) It identified Jewish people.
21. What happens to Szpilman’s father?
(c) He is deported to Treblinka and murdered.
22. What kind of music does Szpilman play in the cafe?
(c) Popular tunes
23. What does Szpilman witness from his window while in hiding?
(d) All of the above
24. What does Szpilman find in the abandoned building where he takes refuge later in the film?
(a) Food
25. Who is the director of the film “The Pianist”?
(a) Roman Polanski
