Minstrel performer Dan Emmett was one of the original _________, a group that influenced several imitators.

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. While the philosophes tended to examine individuals from a social perspective, romantics generally studied their emotions and senses. 2. The English poet Byron died defending Greek independence against the Turks. 3. In Faust, the central character sells his soul to the devil in return for boundless love. 4. George Sand defied social conventions by creating characters in her novels who engaged in free love, much as the author herself did.

The text of an opera is the:

A) dialogue B) libretto C) lexis D) homily