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1. In the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana", Turiddu and Lola were together prior to Turiddu going off to war. True or false?
2. In "Cavalleria Rusticana", why can't Santuzza enter the church for Easter Mass?
3. From "Cavalleria Rusticana," what is Turiddu's mother's occupation?
4. Toward the end of "Cavalleria Rusticana", how does Alfio, Lola's husband, find out about the affair between her and Turiddu?
5. What happens when Alfio and Turiddu finally face off at the end of "Cavalleria Rusticana"?
6. In "Pagliacci", when it is jokingly suggested that Tonio is having an affair with Canio's wife, Nedda, what does Canio do?
7. In "Pagliacci", when Canio and his buddies go off to have a drink, they leave Tonio and Nedda behind. What does Tonio do to her?
8. Near the beginning of "Pagliacci", Nedda meets her lover Silvio. What does he suggest to her?
9. In the middle of "Pagliacci", Canio finds out about his wife's affair with Silvio. He tries to stab her to death (but is kept from doing so by one of his friends). What is the famous aria he sings afterward?
10. At the end of "Pagliacci", Canio, Tonio, and Nedda get onstage to perform their "play-within-a-play". What happens next?
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