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In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
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opera's third act opens with a shepherd boy singing "Io de' sospiri. " One character in this opera retorts with the aria "Mi dicon venal" when asked what his price is. Another character in this opera sings about how brightly the stars used to shine after he trades his ring to his captor for the chance to write his lover one last letter. That character is killed by a (*) firing squad that he thinks will be shooting blanks after withstanding a session in a torture chamber and refusing to give up the political prisoner Cesare Angelotti. The title character of this opera sings about her good deeds and her dedication to her art in the aria "Vissi d'arte," before she kills the police chief Scarpia and jumps to her death after the execution of the painter Mario Cavardossi. For 10 points, name this Puccini opera about a singer.
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Fine Arts


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Eleazer Hosannah convinces a mob of the death of Dr. Godspeak in this authors play Requiem for a Futurologist. This author described a racist landlady who asks a potential tenant ARE YOU LIGHT OR VERY DARK in Telephone Conversation, and wrote about mendicants operated on by the sinister Bero in Madmen and Specialists. This author of the recent King Baabu also wrote a play about the metamorphosis of a religious charlatan first introduced in The Trials of Brother Jero, and depicted a ruler who forces Danlola to present him with the New Yam in a play about a dictator based on Nkrumah. FTP, name this playwright of Kongi's Harvest who described the ritual sacrifice of Elesin in Death and the Kings Horseman.
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Literature


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One of this composer's pieces for piano, which begins with a long section in the key of A in Lydian mode and which changes keys following a circle of fifths, is Phrygian Gates. Another piece, which started out as Wavemaker and was then written for a string septet and then string orchestra, is Shaker Loops. This composer has labeled his Foxtrot for Orchestra as an outtake from one of his operas, and it is sometimes referred to as The Chairman Dances. His piece subtitled Fanfare for Orchestra, which features a woodblock repeatedly hitting quarter notes and is about four minutes long, is Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Name this composer whose operas include A Flowering Tree, Doctor Atomic, and Nixon in China.
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Fine Arts