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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 causes Mozart to stop his silliness on this occasion?
(a) Constanze's annoyance.
(b) The idea for some new music.
(c) The mention of his father.
(d) Respect for the Baroness.

2. Who presently holds the position Salieri covets?
(a) Count Von Strack.
(b) Giuseppe Bonno.
(c) Count Von Oslo.
(d) Louis Van Beethoven.

3. What is ironic about court musicians and their employers?
(a) The music will be remembered long after the politics of the time is forgotten.
(b) Rich people are mediocre.
(c) Everyone is mediocre and everything is a waste of time.
(d) The music is forgettable because the Emperor will pass away.

4. How does Salieri get his hands on some of Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) He buys them from a second-hand dealer.
(b) He steals them.
(c) The Venticelli bring them to him.
(d) He bribes a servant to steal them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What solo instrument sounds a single note?

2. What does Mozart intend to do in Vienna?

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

4. What surprises Salieri's servants?

5. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?

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