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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Orsini-Rosenberg object to The Marriage of Figaro?
(a) He claims it is subversive.
(b) He calims it is obscene.
(c) The music is too ornate.
(d) He claims it contains a ballet.

2. What does Constanze do with the last of their money?
(a) She goes to the spa in Baden, Germany.
(b) She goes to Bonn in Germany.
(c) She travels to Prague to meet a lover.
(d) She gives it to her mother.

3. What suggestion does Salieri make to Mozart?
(a) That he write a sequel to Seraglio.
(b) That it should be about brotherly love.
(c) That it should be about Egyptians.
(d) That he put the Masons into it.

4. When did Mozart first travel to London?
(a) When he was twenty.
(b) When he was a child.
(c) Mozart has never been to London.
(d) The previous year, for a concert tour.

5. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?
(a) 'Celery' and 'assassin.'
(b) 'Salieri' and 'companion.'
(c) 'Salieri' and 'assassin.'
(d) 'Mozart' and 'Beethoven.'

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mozart intend to do in Vienna?

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

3. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?

4. How had Mozart disobeyed his father?

5. Who is the lead singer Mozart has engaged?

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