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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What solo instrument sounds a single note?
(a) A crumhorn.
(b) An organ.
(c) A viola.
(d) An oboe.
2. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?
(a) Nineteenth century citizens of Venezia.
(b) Eighteenth century citizens of Vienna.
(c) Salieri's cousins and nineteenth century neighbors.
(d) Nineteenth century citizens of Verona.
3. What is Salieri's burning ambition at this time of his life?
(a) To become the Court Composer.
(b) To become First Royal Kapellmeister.
(c) To write the perfect opera.
(d) To have seven sons, all musicians.
4. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?
(a) 'Mozart' and 'Beethoven.'
(b) 'Salieri' and 'companion.'
(c) 'Celery' and 'assassin.'
(d) 'Salieri' and 'assassin.'
5. Which is Salieri's favorite sweet indulgence?
(a) Gelato.
(b) Crema al mascarpone.
(c) Tiramisu.
(d) Tutti frutti.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Salieri refer to his servants?
2. How does Salieri feel after examining Mozart's manuscripts?
3. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?
4. How does the audience react to the opera's finale?
5. How does Salieri find out that Mozart has arrived in Vienna?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Salieri contradict himself in the scene in which he attempts to seduce Constanze?
2. What happens in this section of the play to fertilize the growing seed of Salieri's murderous ideas?
3. What strategy does Salieri use in his attempt to seduce Constanze?
4. What is the problem with Salieri's drive for fame?
5. What does Salieri do to cope with the psychic blow he has received through hearing Mozart's music?
6. What is the significance of the golden light that bathes the Emperor and his court?
7. Comment on Salieri's appeal to 'the ghosts of the future'.
8. What concrete information about Mozart is passed to Salieri by the Venticelli?
9. How does Salieri come to change his mind about meeting Mozart?
10. What does this scene show us of Mozart's talent?
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