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1. In the musical "Ragtime", one of the male characters sings a song in which he remembers the first time he met his fiancee Sarah. The song "Sarah Brown Eyes" shows a somewhat reluctant Sarah falling in love with this male character through the power of his piano playing. Which character is this?
2. This song, "Fantasies Come True," shows one roommate, Nick, "admitting" his love for Rod, his roommate. However, it is actually just a dream of Rod's, as revealed towards the end of the song. What show includes this song and its corresponding characters?
3. In this show, one song shows a young dancer imagining a fantasy childhood. Her parents hate each other and find that her birth didn't save their marriage like it was supposed to - so as a child she invents a dashing, romantic figure of a father, who would ask her to dance. What show-business-themed musical features this song "At the Ballet," and the character Maggie in question?
4. This wondrously bizarre and oddly epic song, "Golden Helmet of Mambrino", shows the main character mistaking a shaving basin for the ancient relic, the "golden helmet" which will make anyone who wears it impervious to all injury. Which legendary literary and theatrical character makes this mistake?
5. In this musical, a lower-class woman becomes very angry at an upper-class man who is trying to elevate her through the power of proper speech. She becomes so angry, in fact, that she fantasizes about having him die in many gruesome ways (including drowning and execution) and being happy about it, in a song called "Just You Wait". Name the musical.
6. In "Les Miserables", Cosette lives with the Thenardiers for several years while her mother works in the city, sending money to provide for her. The Thenardiers work Cosette like a slave, causing her to sing this heartbreaking song about her fantasy world where no one is mean, loud, or bossy to her. Name the song.
7. The song "Betrayed" in this musical shows a main character, Max Bialystock, speed-remembering the entire plot of the musical up to that point, to hilarious effect. He also has a mini-mad scene where he imagines his childhood as a hillbilly named "Alvin". When he remembers that he is not named Alvin and he is in fact from the Bronx, he snaps back to reality. Name the musical.
8. In the musical "The Secret Garden", Archibald Craven often fantasizes about his past with his late wife - her ghost is featured in "I Heard Someone Crying," "A Girl in the Valley," and "How Could I Ever Know". What character is this, who has such a grip on the poor man?
9. The musical "1776" shows the many members of the Continental Congress arguing over whether to consider independence for the colonies. It is very hot, but opening the windows lets in flies. One member of the Congress becomes so frustrated with the slow pace of things he imagines that he is talking to his wife, whom he considers a sight saner than the rest of the Congress. Who is this frustrated protagonist of "1776"?
10. This bizarrely macabre song from "Oklahoma!" fantasizes about the death of the show's villain. Curly, the protagonist, tells the villain what people would think of him should he kill himself. What's freakier is that the show's villain joins in the song and the fantasy, hoping for the fantasy of people weeping for him and caring for him. Name the song.
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