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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. How does Salieri intend to adapt the Legend of Danaius?
(a) As a huge tragic opera.
(b) As a comic opera in six acts.
(c) As a huge choral symphony.
(d) As a chamber opera for four voices and a crumhorn.

2. What causes Mozart to stop his silliness on this occasion?
(a) Constanze's annoyance.
(b) Respect for the Baroness.
(c) The idea for some new music.
(d) The mention of his father.

3. What salary does Salieri recommend Mozart be paid?
(a) Two hundred florins a year.
(b) Two hundred florins a month.
(c) Two hundred florins a week.
(d) Two thousand florins a year.

4. What philosophic age does Salieri refer to in his first speech for this section of the play?
(a) The Age of Modernism.
(b) The Age of Englightenment
(c) The Age of the Feuilletons.
(d) The Platonic Age.

5. What does Constanze suggest might cure her husband's bad dreams?
(a) A better house.
(b) Laudanum.
(c) A visit to the spa.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Mozart use to describe the singer he has engaged to play the lead in his opera?

2. When Salieri speaks of 'the Creature,' to whom is he referring?

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

4. Who is Schikaneder?

5. What influences Mozart to make wildly tactless utterings at Bonno's house?

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