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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Salieri get his hands on some of Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) The Venticelli bring them to him.
(b) He bribes a servant to steal them.
(c) He steals them.
(d) He buys them from a second-hand dealer.

2. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?
(a) The ballroom.
(b) The library.
(c) The music room.
(d) The atrium.

3. Which is Salieri's favorite sweet indulgence?
(a) Crema al mascarpone.
(b) Gelato.
(c) Tiramisu.
(d) Tutti frutti.

4. How does Salieri feel after examining Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) Excited at the new talent in Austria.
(b) Reasuured because all of them are quite ordinary.
(c) Humbled in face of Mozart's huge talent.
(d) Amused because Mozart is not as clever as he thought.

5. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?
(a) He believes it is like the voice of God.
(b) He finds it is angelic, heavenly.
(c) He believes it has the power to charm birds and animals.
(d) He believes it is revolutionary in its atonal structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character receives a kiss from Salieri?

2. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?

3. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?

4. What wish of Salieri's is granted at this point?

5. What is Mozart's reaction to Constanze's game with the Venticelli?

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