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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. What surprises Salieri's servants?
(a) That he will shave himself in future.
(b) That he will eat cakes in bed that night.
(c) That he is sick of eating cakes.
(d) His declaration that he will not go to bed that night.

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

3. What quality does Salieri say he requires in a wife?
(a) Ability to bear children.
(b) Feistiness.
(c) Musical talent.
(d) Lack of fire.

4. How does Salieri refer to Mozart?
(a) As the Creature.
(b) As the Creeper.
(c) As the Croatian.
(d) As the Creation.

5. What excuse does Salieri offer for not himself trying some variations on the march of welcome?
(a) He says his wife is feeling poorly.
(b) He says he must attend on the Emperor.
(c) He says he has a music lesson to give.
(d) He says the Emperor wouldn't like it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mozart dislike operas about lofty individuals and ancient heroes?

2. Who picks the child Mozart up after his fall?

3. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?

4. What wicked vision does Salieri say he now has?

5. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?

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