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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) An imbrocation.
(b) A salutation.
(c) An invocation.
(d) A circumlocution.

2. In what language does Salieri speak when he is excited, according to one of the Venticelli?
(a) Italian
(b) English.
(c) Flemish.
(d) German.

3. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?
(a) Thirty-four years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Fifty-three years.
(d) Thirty-two years.

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

5. What philosophic age does Salieri refer to in his first speech for this section of the play?
(a) The Age of the Feuilletons.
(b) The Platonic Age.
(c) The Age of Englightenment
(d) The Age of Modernism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Mozart been living prior to his arrival in Vienna?

2. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?

3. Where does Salieri finally meet Mozart?

4. How did Salieri's family feel about the Austrian Empire?

5. What caused Mozart's death, according to the Venticelli?

(see the answer key)

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