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

2. How does Salieri feel after examining Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) Amused because Mozart is not as clever as he thought.
(b) Reasuured because all of them are quite ordinary.
(c) Humbled in face of Mozart's huge talent.
(d) Excited at the new talent in Austria.

3. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?
(a) To recognise his music.
(b) To praise his music.
(c) To be his confessors.
(d) To intercede for him with the saints.

4. How is the Venticelli's speech described?
(a) They speak in tongues.
(b) They speak urgently, rapidly.
(c) They shout loudly.
(d) They are said to be laconic.

5. What was Salieri's home town?
(a) Lingardo.
(b) Lombardy.
(c) Legnago.
(d) Lumbago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salieri refer to his servants?

2. Where does Salieri finally meet Mozart?

3. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?

4. What does Salieri say is the effect of the slowness in the music?

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

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