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

2. Who is Schikaneder?
(a) An out-of-work opera singer.
(b) A good friend of the Emperor's and a Lodge member.
(c) An out-of-work actor.
(d) An actor who owns a small theater in the suburbs.

3. What is the effect of the dancers moving in total silence?
(a) Absurdity.
(b) Tense drama.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Tastefulness.

4. What does the Emperor say would be fun?
(a) A comic opera by Mozart.
(b) A competition between Mozart and some other virtuoso.
(c) A competition between Mozart and Haydn.
(d) Fetes and fireworks in the courtyard.

5. What did Mozart ask his father to do?
(a) Provide him with an endowment for his son.
(b) Mind his son while he was away in England.
(c) Provide him with an income.
(d) Mind his son while Constanze had a second baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. 'It celebrates . . . the goddess in Woman and not the laundress' is a reference to what>

2. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?

3. How old was Mozart when the Emperor last met him?

4. What is Salieri determined now to do?

5. How does Salieri intend to adapt the Legend of Danaius?

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