Amadeus | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Part 1

1. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?

2. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?

3. How is the Venticelli's speech described?

4. Who is named as an old pupil of Salieri's?

5. In what language does Salieri speak when he is excited, according to one of the Venticelli?

6. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?

7. What caused Mozart's death, according to the Venticelli?

8. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?

9. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?

10. What surprises Salieri's servants?

11. How does Salieri...
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