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1. Where does the first scene of "Tosca" take place?
2. When Tosca storms in on her lover, Mario Cavardarossi, she is furious at him. Why?
3. Mario suggests a hiding place to a friend of his, Angelotti, who is an escaped political prisoner. Where is it?
4. Baron Scarpia, the chief of police, bursts in on Mario's workspace looking for the escaped political prisoner. What does he find instead?
5. While Mario is questioned about the whereabouts of Angelotti, what major military figure won a decisive battle?
6. Angelotti is eventually found and killed by Scarpia's henchmen. True or false?
7. While Mario is being tortured for information leading up to the location of Angelotti, Tosca pleads with Scarpia to free her lover. Scarpia agrees but on what condition?
8. Prior to Mario's "mock" execution, what does Tosca tell him?
9. What is Tosca's famous aria?
10. At the beginning of the opera when Mario was painting a portrait, what color does Tosca tell him to paint the eyes?
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