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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. What does Salieri view as the secret of successful living?
(a) Always knowing what is going on behind your back.
(b) Always knowing what your wife is doing behind your back.
(c) Always knowing how to get the best value at the markets.
(d) Always knowing what your publisher is doing behind your back.

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

3. Which is Salieri's favorite sweet indulgence?
(a) Gelato.
(b) Tutti frutti.
(c) Tiramisu.
(d) Crema al mascarpone.

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

5. When Salieri left Italy, how old was Mozart?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Mozart's death, according to the Venticelli?

2. In what language does Salieri speak when he is excited, according to one of the Venticelli?

3. Where does Salieri say he was born?

4. Who wants the new comic opera to be in 'good plain German?'

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

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