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Sept. 26, 2018 Flashcards

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Who was the 23rd President?

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From 1893-1897

Benjamin Harrison

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Who was the 20th President?

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from 1881-1885

James Garfield

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Who was the 15th President?

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1861-1865

James Buchanan

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Who was the 25th president?

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1901-1909

William McKinely

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Who was the 30th President?

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1929-1933

Calvin Coolidge

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What does the 11th ammendment to the constitution cover?

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Authority of Federal Courts Restricted
(Ratified February 7, 1795)

Extradition

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What does the 12th ammendment to the constitution cover?

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Amendment 12 - Election of the President and Vice President

(Ratified June 15, 1804)

Electoral College

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What does the 17th ammendment to the constitution cover?

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Amendment 17 - Election of Senators by Popular Vote
(Ratified April 8, 1913)

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What does the 25th ammendment to the constitution cover?

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Amendment 25 - Replacing the President and Vice President
(Ratified February 10, 1967)

Line of Succection

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What does the 6th ammendment to the constitution cover?

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Amendment 6
- Rights of Accused Persons in Criminal Cases

Fair and Speedy Trial

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Who wrote Madame Butterfly?

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Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Wikipedia

Written: 1903

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Premiere: 17 February 1904; Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Arias: Un bel dì vedremo, Un bel dì

Characters: Kate Pinkerton, Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, MORE

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Who composed “The Nutcracker”?

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Ballet

1892

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Who composed the Barber of Seville?

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Written: 1813

Composer: Gioachino Rossini

Librettist: Cesare Sterbini

Native title: Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L’inutile precauzione

Arias: Largo al factotum, Calumny is a little breeze, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto II. “Una voce poco fa”, A un dottor della mia sorte

Characters: Figaro, Countess Rosine, Conde de Almaviva, Doctor Bartholo, Basilio, Ambrogio, Fiorello, Berta

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Who composed La Boheme?

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La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. Wikipedia

Written: 1895

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Language: Italian

Characters: Schaunard, Alcindoro, Musette, Parpignol, A customs Sergeant, Colline, Benoît, Mimi, Marcel, Rodolfo

Librettists: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica

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Who composed Rhapsody in Blue?

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George Gershwin

Genre: Orchestral jazz, solo piano

Composed 1924

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsb

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Who composed “ The Planets?”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs

Based on Planets in astrology

Composed 1914–16

Movements seven

ScoringOrchestra

Premiere Date29 September 1918

LocationQueen’s Hall, London

ConductorAdrian Boult

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Who composed “Symphany No. 6, “Pathetique”?

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The Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, also known as the Pathétique Symphony, is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s final completed symphony, written between February and the end of August 1893. Wikipedia

Composed: August 1893

Duration: about 45 minutes

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmLx4w2VHo

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Who composed “Porgy and Bess”?

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Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera by the American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward’s play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward’s 1925 novel of the same name.Wikipedia

Composer: George Gershwin

Arias: Summertime, My Man’s Gone Now

Lyricists: Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward

Characters: Strawberry woman, Sportin’ Life, Mr. Archdale, Frazier, MORE

Librettists: Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward

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Who composed the “William Tell Oveture”?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7O91GDWGPU

Gioacchino Rossini

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Who composed “Swan Lake”?

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Swan Lake, Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular of all ballets. Wikipedia

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Who composed “The Phantom of the Opera”?

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The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart. Richard Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber wrote the musical’s book together. Stilgoe also provided additional lyrics. Wikipedia

First performance: October 9, 1986

Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Characters: The Phantom of the Opera, Christine Daaé, MORE

Playwrights: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe

Did you know: “The Phantom of the Opera” is the third-longest-running West End show (13,008 performances).wikipedia.org

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Who composed the musical “Cats”?

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Cats is a sung-through British musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh. Wikipedia

Playwright: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Characters: Grizabella, Rum Tum Tugger, Mr. Mistoffelees,MORE

Lyricists: T. S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn

Did you know: “Cats” is the fourth-longest-running Broadway show of all time (7,485 performances).wikipedia.org

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Who wrote the play “Othello”?

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Othello is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603. It is based on the story Un Capitano Moro by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565. Wikipedia

First performance: November 1, 1604

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Lyricist: William Shakespeare

Villain: Iago

Characters: Iago, Desdemona, Cassio, Othello, Roderigo, Brabantio, MORE

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Who worte “Billy Budd: Foretopman”?

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Billy Budd, Sailor is the final novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published posthumously in London in 1924 as edited by Raymond M. Weaver, a professor at Columbia University. Other versions were later published.Wikipedia

Originally published: 1924

Playwright: Herman Melville

Original language: English

Characters: John Claggart, Captain Vere, Billy Budd, Dansker, Lieutenant Ratcliffe, Captain Graveling

Genres: Adventure fiction, Nautical fiction

Adaptations: Billy Budd (1962), Beau Travail (1999)

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Who Wrote “Vanity Fair”?

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Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. Wikipedia

Originally published: 1848

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray

Genre: Fiction

Publisher: Punch (serialised)

Characters: Becky Sharp, Amelia Sedley, Rawdon Crawley,MORE

Adaptations: Vanity Fair (2004), Becky Sharp (1935), MORE

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Who wrote “Lolita”?

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Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature … Wikipedia

Originally published: 1955

Author: Vladimir Nabokov

Genre: Novel

Original language: English

Publisher: Olympia Press

Adaptations: Lolita (1997), Lolita (1962)

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Who wrote “A tale of Two Cities”?

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A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. Wikipedia

Originally published: 1859

Playwright: Charles Dickens

Genre: Historical Fiction

Pages: 341 pages (Paperback)

Publisher: Chapman & Hall (London)

Characters: Sydney Carton, Madame Defarge, Charles Darnay

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Who wrote “The Waste Land”?

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The Waste Land is a long poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Wikipedia

Originally published: October 1922

Playwright: T. S. Eliot

Lyricist: T. S. Eliot

Original language: English

Publisher: Horace Liveright

Characters: Tiresias, Fisher King, Philomela, Madame Sosostris

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Who Wrote “Pilgrim’s Progress”?

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The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. Wikipedia

Originally published: 1678

Author: John Bunyan

Original language: English

Genres: Religion, Allegory

Adaptations: Pilgrim’s Progress: Journey to Heaven(2008), Pilgrim’s Progress (1979)

Did you know: “Pilgrim’s Progress” ranks fifth among literary works by number of languages they have been translated into (200). wikipedia.org

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