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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Salieri finally realize the extent of Mozart's talent?
(a) He reads the manuscript of Don Giovanni.
(b) He sneaks into a concert and hears the Clarinet Concerto.
(c) He is given a report by the Venticelli.
(d) He reads the manuscripts Constanze has left.

2. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?
(a) 'Salieri' and 'assassin.'
(b) 'Mozart' and 'Beethoven.'
(c) 'Celery' and 'assassin.'
(d) 'Salieri' and 'companion.'

3. What does Salieri feel he needs to make his 'last audience' appear?
(a) A circumlocution.
(b) An invocation.
(c) An imbrocation.
(d) A salutation.

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

5. How does Mozart receive a little help?
(a) Salieri pays him a fee to arrange music by Bach.
(b) Van Swieten gives him a small fee to arrange music by Gluck.
(c) Van Swieten pays him a small fee to arrange music by Bach.
(d) The Emperor commisions a cantata.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Constanze suggest might cure her husband's bad dreams?

3. What is ironic about court musicians and their employers?

4. What makes Von Strack very cross?

5. Why is a party being held at Baroness Waldstadten's?

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