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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. About whom does the Emperor make the comment: 'I daresay he can't do much harm'?
(a) Count Von Strack.
(b) The First Venticello.
(c) Count Orsini-Rosenberg.
(d) Herr Sommer.

2. Why is a party being held at Baroness Waldstadten's?
(a) To celebrate the Feast of the Assumption.
(b) To celebrate New Year's Eve.
(c) To celebrate Salieri's birthday.
(d) To celebrate the Emperor's birthday.

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

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

5. With news of his father's death, what aspects of himself does Mozart now reveal?
(a) His vulverability and shame.
(b) His towering ego and indifference.
(c) His morbid tendencies and his hunger for money.
(d) His childishness and dependence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salieri view as the secret of successful living?

2. How has Salieri's career progressed?

3. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?

4. What insight does Salieri experience when he hears 'Marten Aller Arten' being sung?

5. Who is the Guilty Libertine Salieri refers to?

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