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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the audience react to the opera's finale?
(a) With boos and catcalls.
(b) With great disgust.
(c) With great applause.
(d) With polite applause.

2. What is Mozart's reaction to Constanze's game with the Venticelli?
(a) He is angry and orders her to go home.
(b) He is furious and slaps her.
(c) He is angry and tells her she has ruined her reputation.
(d) He tries to be angry but backs down and kisses her instead of raging.

3. What did Mozart ask his father to do?
(a) Provide him with an income.
(b) Mind his son while he was away in England.
(c) Provide him with an endowment for his son.
(d) Mind his son while Constanze had a second baby.

4. What insight does Salieri experience when he hears 'Marten Aller Arten' being sung?
(a) He understands that the soprano is flighty.
(b) He understands religious ecstasy.
(c) He understands that this is just how music ought to be written.
(d) He understands that Mozart has had sex with the singer.

5. Where is Salieri hidden?
(a) In a wing-backed chair.
(b) Under a trestle table.
(c) Behind an arras.
(d) Behind the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?

2. How does Mozart react to news of his salary?

3. What wish of Salieri's is granted at this point?

4. How does Salieri describe 'Marten Aller Arten'?

5. What is meant by the words 'one must avoid music that smells of music'?

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