Turandot is an opera that tells the story of a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in the Forbidden City. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must solve three riddles or die.

Answer the following questions:

(1) What is Turandot?

(2) What has Turandot’s father promised her?

Her father promised to allow her to choose her own huaband.

(3) What decision does Calaf make when he first sees Turandot?

Calaf falls in love with Turandot at first sight and decides to solve the riddles so that he can marry her.

(4) Who is Liu and what does she do to protect Calaf’s father?

Liu is a young slave of Calaf’s father. To protect Calaf ’s father, Liu claims that she alone knows Calaf’s name, but resists telling Turandot. Then she grabs a sword from a guard and kills herself.

(5) What happens at the end of the story?

At the end of the story, Calaf and Turandot unite in marriage.

2. Multiple choices

1. How many performances of Turandot were performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing?

A. eight B. seven

C. one D. the text doesn’t mention it

2. Who wrote Turandot and when was it written?

A. Giacomo Puccini, in 1924

B. Giacomo Puccini’s former student, in1924

C. Zubin Mehta, in the 1990s

D. Sharon Sweet, in the 1990s

3. When was Turandot staged in Beijing?

A. in 1924 B. in the twenty first century

C. in the 1990s D. in 1998

4. How does the writer think of the opera?

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