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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is ironic about court musicians and their employers?
(a) Everyone is mediocre and everything is a waste of time.
(b) The music will be remembered long after the politics of the time is forgotten.
(c) Rich people are mediocre.
(d) The music is forgettable because the Emperor will pass away.

2. Who plays the 'march of welcome' for Mozart?
(a) Count Orsini-Rosenberg.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) Salieri.
(d) Von Strack.

3. What works has Mozart written during the same time?
(a) Only two violin concerti.
(b) Music for the popular theatre.
(c) The opera Guilio Cesere.
(d) Keyboard concerti and the string quartets.

4. How does the audience react to the opera's finale?
(a) With great applause.
(b) With polite applause.
(c) With great disgust.
(d) With boos and catcalls.

5. How does Salieri cope with his insight into Mozart's talent?
(a) He falls into depression.
(b) He complains to one of his committees.
(c) He throws himself into work.
(d) He composes an opera about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Salieri demonstrate his abandonment of his vow of chastity?

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

3. What relationship to Salieri is Katharina Cavalieri?

4. What solo instrument sounds a single note?

5. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?

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