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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What quality does Salieri say he requires in a wife?
(a) Feistiness.
(b) Lack of fire.
(c) Ability to bear children.
(d) Musical talent.

3. What philosophic age does Salieri refer to in his first speech for this section of the play?
(a) The Age of Modernism.
(b) The Age of the Feuilletons.
(c) The Age of Englightenment
(d) The Platonic Age.

4. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A cat.
(c) A fox.
(d) A tiger.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?

3. What is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?

4. What does Salieri say is the title of his last work?

5. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?

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