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1. The assassins band together to lament their fates with which song?
"But it didn't fix the stomach
And you've drunk your final Bud,
And it didn't help the workers
And it didn't heal the country
And it didn't make them listen
And they never said, 'We're Sorry'"
2. With which of these songs does Edward Rutledge effectively halt the discussion of whether or not slavery should end?
"Who sails the ships out of Boston
Ladened with bibles and rum?
Who drinks a toast to the Ivory Coast?
Hail Africa, the slavers have come
New England with bibles and rum."
3. What dirge does Joanne sing when she becomes disgusted with the disapproving looks that she's getting?
"And here's to the girls who play wife--
Aren't they too much?
Keeping house but clutching
A copy of 'Life',
Just to keep in touch."
4. When Reno Sweeney is elated because she is sure that she will soon be Lady Oakleigh, what ditty does she sing?
"The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos."
5. Which of these is a number from a 1968 revue: "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris"?
"And, oh, how they sing
The middle class are just like pigs
The older they get, the dumber they get
The middle class are just like pigs
The fatter they get, the less they regret."
6. What number does J. Bowden Hapgood sing to Fay Apple trying to convince her to destroy all of the Cookies' records?
"Everybody says don't walk on the grass,
Don't disturb the peace,
Don't skate on the ice."
7. Emile asks why there is such prejudice. Which of these songs is Cable's reply?
"You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six or seven or eight
To hate all the people
your relatives hate
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8. Annie has escaped the orphanage. When she finds Hooverville, what do the folks sing to express their discontent?
"In ev'ry pot he said "a chicken"
But Herbert Hoover he forgot
Not only don't we have the chicken
We ain't got the pot!"
9. What anthem does Joe sing to the river?
"Colored folks work on de Mississippi,
Colored folks work while de white folks play,
Pullin' dose boats from de dawn to sunset,
Gittin' no rest till de judgement day."
10. Two waitresses believe that quick-serve caffeine is the cause of today's troubles. What number do they sing?
"No one's ever casual and nonchalant,
No one waits a minute in a restaurant,
No one wants a waitress passing pleasantries
Like 'How're you, Miss?'
'How're you, Sir?'
'May I take your order please?'
The trouble with the world today is plain to see,
Is everything is hurry up."
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