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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Salieri's burning ambition at this time of his life?
(a) To become the Court Composer.
(b) To write the perfect opera.
(c) To have seven sons, all musicians.
(d) To become First Royal Kapellmeister.

3. What does Salieri say is the title of his last work?
(a) The Death of Mozart.
(b) The Death of the Bird.
(c) The Death of Mediocrity.
(d) Orlando Furioso.

4. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?
(a) He is in awe of them.
(b) He finds them hateful.
(c) He is jealous of them.
(d) He finds them adorable.

5. Where has Mozart been living prior to his arrival in Vienna?
(a) Melk.
(b) Bonn.
(c) Prague.
(d) Salzburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?

2. How is the Venticelli's speech described?

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

4. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?

5. What is Baron Van Swieten's nickname?

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