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Amadeus | Quiz

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Amadeus | Quiz

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1)

What kind of love does Mozart claim his opera contains? (from Act 1, Part 4)

Young love.
Sacrificial love.
Unrequited love.
Manly love, real love.
2)

What does Van Swieten call a 'stupid, hopeless task?' (from Act 2, Part 5)

Teaching Mozart table manners.
Mending Mozart's vulgarity.
Ensuring that Mozart finish commissioned work.
Helping Mozart succeed.
3)

Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene? (from Act 1, Part 5)

The Abduction from the Seraglio.
Cosi Fan Tutte.
La Cenerentola.
Don Giovanni.
4)

What excuse does Salieri offer for not himself trying some variations on the march of welcome? (from Act 1, Part 4)

He says the Emperor wouldn't like it.
He says he has a music lesson to give.
He says his wife is feeling poorly.
He says he must attend on the Emperor.
5)

What influences Mozart to make wildly tactless utterings at Bonno's house? (from Act 1, Part 5)

His arrogance.
He has been taking laudanum.
Alcohol--he is drunk.
He has been listening to Salieri's Venticelli.
6)

About whom does the Emperor make the comment: 'I daresay he can't do much harm'? (from Act 2, Part 1)

Count Orsini-Rosenberg.
Herr Sommer.
Count Von Strack.
The First Venticello.
7)

Of what does Van Swieten accuse Mozart? (from Act 2, Part 5)

Of betraying his wife with a vulgar woman.
Of betraying Austria through Masonic rituals.
Of betraying Salieri by sleeping with his mistress.
Of betraying the Masonic Lodge and vulgarizing its rituals.
8)

What is Mozart's response when the figure (Salieri) beckons under his window? (from Act 2, Part 5)

He sings part of The Catalogue Song from Don Giovanni.
He hums Eine Kleine Nachtsmusik and beckons the figure in return.
He calls down a quotation from Don Giovanni--where the Don invites the Statue to dinner.
He laughs crazily and almost falls from the window.
9)

What other virtue does Salieri relinquish? (from Act 2, Part 1)

The virtue of kindness: he is excessively mean to people.
The virtue of abstinence: he eats and drinks lavishly.
The virtue of love: he now hates everyone and intends to use them.
Social virtue: he resigns from all his committees.
10)

Salieri describes the opera's music as an excellent match for what? (from Act 1, Part 5)

Vulgar tastes.
Viennese tastes.
Mozart's vulgar coat.
The lead soprano's voice.
11)

Music from which of Mozart's operas is played as Salieri muses during the transition between scenes? (from Act 2, Part 3)

Idomeneo.
Florestan.
The Magic Flute.
Cosi Fan Tutte.
12)

Salieri's comments about the Viennese suggest they are . . . (from Act 2, Part 1)

Shallow.
Tasteful.
Devious.
Cultured.
13)

What is meant by the words 'one must avoid music that smells of music'? (from Act 1, Part 5)

Wind musicians should clean their instruments regularly.
Music should not be too showy.
Only new music should be played, not works that have been on library shelves for years.
Music must be avoided if it is too passionate.
14)

Who does Constanze blame for the Mozarts' present plight? (from Act 2, Part 4)

Her father-in-law, Leopold.
Salieri.
Her unborn baby.
Her husband, Wolfgang.
15)

How does Salieri intend to adapt the Legend of Danaius? (from Act 1, Part 4)

As a comic opera in six acts.
As a huge choral symphony.
As a chamber opera for four voices and a crumhorn.
As a huge tragic opera.
16)

How did Leopold Mozart respond to his son's request? (from Act 2, Part 3)

He refused
He did not reply.
He accapted readily.
He suggested a compromise.
17)

What is it that Mozart intends to adapt and include in his vaudeville opera? (from Act 2, Part 4)

Secret Masonic rituals.
Secrets of Dionysus
Obscure Catholic rituals.
A Requiem Mass.
18)

What choice is Mozart given? (from Act 2, Part 2)

Rewrite the act or go back to Salzburg.
Withdraw the opera or cast Katharina Cavalieri.
Re-write the act or withdraw the opera.
Re-write the act or re-cast the opera.
19)

What does Salieri find distasteful about the audience? (from Act 2, Part 5)

That they smell of sweat and coal dust.
That they smell of sweat and sausage.
That they are unwashed and smell of garlic.
That they dress badly and applaud in the wrong places.
20)

What is the meaning of the gestures Salieri makes outside Mozart's window? (from Act 2, Part 5)

It is an obscure Masonic ritual.
It is a countdown to death.
It indicates the Grim Reaper.
It is a symbol of the Egyptian god Osiris.
21)

When Salieri speaks of 'the Creature,' to whom is he referring? (from Act 2, Part 1)

The Emperor.
Constanze Mozart.
A Venticello.
Mozart.
22)

What is the effect of the Emperor's yawn? (from Act 2, Part 2)

Mozart is crushed emotionally and Salieri is delighted.
Encores will be banned in the future.
The opera is hardly every performed.
Mozart is crushed emotionally and Salieri must show his sympathy.
23)

What works has Mozart written during the same time? (from Act 2, Part 1)

The opera Guilio Cesere.
Only two violin concerti.
Keyboard concerti and the string quartets.
Music for the popular theatre.
24)

In conversation with Salieri, what attitude to his father does Mozart display? (from Act 2, Part 3)

That he is jealous.
That he is a loving and devoted son.
That he is hostile.
That he is uncaring and hopes he will be left money.
25)

On what instrument does Mozart play Salieri's march? (from Act 1, Part 4)

A fortepiano.
A dulcimer.
A pianoforte.
A harpsichord.
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