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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 is the song Ryan received the most applause from an audience for, ever?
(a) Can't Stop That Feeling.
(b) Ol' Man River.
(c) Dixie.
(d) Ragtime.

2. What does Cecil do for Ryan's colleagues after they perform in Chapter 12?
(a) He takes them gambling at the casino.
(b) He regales them with stories and jokes about his early career.
(c) He feeds them with food he has leftover from a barbecue festival he cooked at earlier in the day.
(d) He sings for them.

3. Where does Ryan attend graduate school?
(a) Carnegie Mellon.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Eastman School of Music.
(d) Florida State University.

4. What is the second aria Ryan sings in the final of the Met's competition for young singers?
(a) Sotto caldo.
(b) Toreador.
(c) La calunnia.
(d) Leggermente.

5. Which teacher at Governor's School takes Ryan under his wing and helps turn him into a very good singer?
(a) Jeremy Johns.
(b) Alan Fischer.
(c) Mr. Robert Brown Jr.
(d) Paul Robeson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group barred Marian Anderson from singing at Constitution Hall in Washington DC in 1939?

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

3. Who wrote the play The Emperor Jones?

4. In what year did Marian Anderson sing at the Met for the first time?

5. What city was Ryan in on November 4, 2008, the night Barack Obama was elected president of the United States?

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