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1. According to the chorus in "Allegro's" opening number, where is Marjorie Taylor?
2. Grandma Taylor sings to the baby Joseph Taylor, Jr. about how hard it is to believe that such a tiny thing will grow into a man. What is the "home remedy" that Grandma mentions in her song that helps turn baby boys into men?
3. "One Foot, Other Foot" and Joe, Jr. has learned to walk! He's also starting to get into things like any normal toddler would. The chorus mentions several things that Joe, Jr. can do now that he's walking. Which of the following do they not mention?
4. The first of three ballet sequences in "Allegro" is the "Children's Dance". Which of the lead characters dies shortly after this ballet?
5. What is the title of the recurring theme in "Allegro" that contains the lines "What to think, What to do, Where to go"?
6. According to Joseph Taylor, Sr. in "A Fellow Needs A Girl", what should a girl believe her fellow is?
7. The second of the three ballets is the "Freshmen Get Together" dance. What popular Rodgers and Hart song of the 1920s forms the basis for the music in this dance sequence?
8. Now that Joe, Jr. is in college, we are introduced to the college football team in song. What is the name of that team?
9. During the "Scene Of Professors", how many professors are there?
10. What is the name of the young lady who sings "So Far" to Joe, Jr.?
11. "You Are Never Away" is Joe Jr.'s big solo moment. He sings this love song to his childhood sweetheart, Jennie. By the way, what is Jennie's last name?
12. Joe's mother, Marjorie, is dead set against Joe marrying Jennie. What happens that paves the way for them to marry?
13. Who decides that although marriage might be a good idea for Joe, it isn't for him?
14. The first act ends with a huge choral number. What three word phrase occurs multiple times in this number?
15. In the song "Money Isn't Ev'rything", which of the girls sings most of the solo parts?
16. "Ya Ta Ta" takes place at a party in Joe and Jennie's home in Chicago. The people at the party are depicted as vacuous and shallow. According to Charlie, at what time of day do "the deep thinking gentlemen and ladies" "drink cocktails and knock tails"?
17. Emily, Joe's long-suffering nurse, is in love with her boss. In "The Gentleman Is A Dope", what does Emily say the gentleman will do with a cake?
18. The title song is also the lead-in to the third and final ballet sequence in "Allegro". According to the lyric of the song, we are supposed to "keep up the _______"?
19. Marjorie comes to her son in spirit, and tells him to do something in song. What is it that she tells him to do?
20. Joe eventually takes his mother's advice and leaves his lucrative practice in Chicago. What two other characters go with him?
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