* A slave girl of royal birth tricks her boyfriend into betraying his country and spends the rest of her life with him in the basement.
* Amorous count enlists the aid of a factotum to win the hand of a fair maiden who is held cloistered by her lecherous guardian.
* Starving French author falls for a sick and starving {neighbor;} relationship has its ups and {downs;} poor girl dies in the end.
* Gypsy girl lures infatuated hick soldier into a life of {crime;} leaves him for a {bullfighter;} she meets a bad end.
* Country bumpkin woos local hotty but needs help from 'Dr. Feelgood' who cons him. A couple of bottles later, the rube wins the lass by a twist of fate.
* Faithful cross-dressing wife frees political prisoner husband.
* Asian military bride loses sailor husband to his American {wife;} gives up {child;} gives up life.
* Double-crossed henchman plots revenge on his libertine master but pays the price with the life of his daughter.
* Druid high priestess is thrown over by Roman boyfriend and vows revenge. In the end, both are burned up.
* Before she dies, Mme de Croissy has a terrifying (and prophetic) vision of the convent chapel abandoned and desecrated and the altar rent asunder. What other grisly detail does she envision?
* Madame de Croissy is dying and, in accordance with tradition, wants to bid farewell to her daughters. However, she cannot conceal her suffering and her overpowering sense of abandonment and fear. What, in particular, disturbs her about her appearance?
* Puccini was born in 1858, on what date was he born?
* We know him mainly as Giacomo Puccini, but he has no less than 5 middle names. Out of the folowing choices pick the one which is among the 5 in his name.
* In 1880, aided with a grant from the Queen, Puccini went to the Milan Conservatory where he studied composition with whom?
* His teacher urged Puccini to write a one act opera for submission in a competition for the music publisher Sonzogno, the result was Le Villi. What one act opera won the competition?
* All of the following are operas of Puccini except which?
* Puccini wrote many wonderful and powerful arias for women, but one of his most famous he grew to dislike. What was it?
* When Puccini heard this singer audition for him his reaction was 'Who sent you to me, God?' Who is this singer?
* Puccini died in Brussels on November 29, 1924. What did he die of?
* Mozart's opera 'Zaide' had its first performance in which of the following cities?