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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 cope with his insight into Mozart's talent?
(a) He throws himself into work.
(b) He complains to one of his committees.
(c) He composes an opera about it.
(d) He falls into depression.

2. How does Mozart describe opera's importance?
(a) He says it will be heard by God.
(b) He says it will be remembered forever.
(c) He says it is safer than any play.
(d) He says it is realer than any play.

3. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Seventy-two.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Seventy.

4. What makes Von Strack very cross?
(a) That Salieri and Orsini-Rosenberg speak before him in Italian.
(b) That Mozart has finished the opera very quickly.
(c) That Mozart's opera is already in rehearsal.
(d) That Salieri is after his position.

5. Why does Mozart dislike operas about lofty individuals and ancient heroes?
(a) He believes they are too hard for singers to master.
(b) He believes this will make the art form decline.
(c) He thinks all opera should be funny.
(d) He believes opera should be about real people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?

2. Where is the opera's story set?

3. What was Salieri's home town?

4. What is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?

5. What does Mozart suggest is the answer to his problems?

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