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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which character does Salieri give the name La Statua?
(a) Teresa Salieri
(b) Baroness Waldstadten.
(c) Constanze Mozart.
(d) Princess Elizabeth.

2. Who wants the new comic opera to be in 'good plain German?'
(a) The Emperor.
(b) Salieri.
(c) Rosenberg.
(d) Leopold Mozart.

3. Where has Mozart been living prior to his arrival in Vienna?
(a) Melk.
(b) Bonn.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Prague.

4. How does Salieri intend to adapt the Legend of Danaius?
(a) As a chamber opera for four voices and a crumhorn.
(b) As a huge choral symphony.
(c) As a huge tragic opera.
(d) As a comic opera in six acts.

5. What does Constanze's return to Salieri show us?
(a) That Salieri is compellingly attractive to women.
(b) That she is prepared to make a great sacrifice for the husband she loves.
(c) That she is a sex addict.
(d) That she is a loose and dishonorable woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?

2. What word describes Salieri's success and what he has bought with it?

3. Salieri's comments about the Viennese suggest they are . . .

4. How does Salieri describe Mozart at the end of this scene?

5. What does Salieri view as the secret of successful living?

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