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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 13 - 16).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Keats poem is Ryan recording a musical adaptation of in Chapter 14?
(a) She Walks in Beauty.
(b) Ode to a Nightingale.
(c) Ode to a Grecian Urn.
(d) I Am Somebody.

2. What is the name of the special trainee program at the Met that Ryan is invited to audition for after he is a winner of the young singers' competition?
(a) The Weinberg program.
(b) The Flament program.
(c) The Lindemann program.
(d) The LaBarre program.

3. How did Cecil get his middle name of Speedo?
(a) The story was that Cecil was born very quickly.
(b) His mother loved the Speedo swimsuits.
(c) It was a name that had been in the Green family for generations.
(d) He was a very fast swimmer.

4. Which Virginia couple successfully challenged Virginia's ban on interracial marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1960s?
(a) Barbara and Robert Finard.
(b) Kelly and Jonathan Smithfield.
(c) Margaret and James Redfield.
(d) Mildred and Richard Loving.

5. Who runs the Met's Lindemann training program?
(a) James Levine.
(b) Brian Zeger.
(c) Joyce DiDonato.
(d) Gayletha Nichols.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ryan's aunt who is surprised when he expresses interest in opera?

2. What is the second aria Ryan sings in the final of the Met's competition for young singers?

3. What sport do both Ryan and Adrian play in high school?

4. Which musical does Ryan perform in in high school that makes his mother weep in the audience?

5. Why does Ryan initially start taking chorus class in high school?

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