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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 do, in his pain?
(a) He screams.
(b) He stuffs his ears so he cannot hear the music.
(c) He demands that Mozart stop playing immediately.
(d) He runs out into the street.

2. What solo instrument sounds a single note?
(a) A viola.
(b) An organ.
(c) An oboe.
(d) A crumhorn.

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

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

5. In what language does Salieri speak when he is excited, according to one of the Venticelli?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Italian
(d) Flemish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who presently holds the position Salieri covets?

3. What family dynasty rules in Vienna?

4. Where has Mozart been living prior to his arrival in Vienna?

5. What does Salieri feel he needs to make his 'last audience' appear?

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