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the plot of the opera
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2. Why didn’t Puccini finish the final scene of Turandot? A. He asked one of his former students to finish it. B. Because of his poor health. C. He died before he completed it. D. He wanted to leave room for reader’s imagination.
( 5 ) Calaf manages to answer the riddles. ( 4 )However, Liu, the slave girl, express her love for Calaf ( 7 ) Turandot seizes Liu, and Liu kills herself. ( 2) Calaf sees the princess and falls in love with her. ( 1) A prince is killed as he cannot answer the princess’s riddles. ( 8) Calaf wins the princess’s heart with a kiss. ( 3 ) Calaf decides that he should solve the riddles and marry