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

2. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?
(a) He finds it is angelic, heavenly.
(b) He believes it has the power to charm birds and animals.
(c) He believes it is revolutionary in its atonal structure.
(d) He believes it is like the voice of God.

3. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?
(a) The Abduction from the Seraglio.
(b) Don Giovanni.
(c) Cosi Fan Tutte.
(d) La Cenerentola.

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

5. What position is Mozart interested in applying for?
(a) Music teacher for Katharina Cavalieri.
(b) Court Composer.
(c) Music supervisor for the Emperor.
(d) Music teacher for the Princess Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character receives a kiss from Salieri?

2. What does Constanze accuse her husband of doing?

3. When did Mozart first travel to London?

4. In conversation with Salieri, what attitude to his father does Mozart display?

5. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?

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