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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?
(a) Its frequent strange modulations.
(b) The number of notes--there are too many to follow.
(c) Its intense beauty.
(d) Its discord and atonality.

2. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?
(a) To intercede for him with the saints.
(b) To recognise his music.
(c) To praise his music.
(d) To be his confessors.

3. What is ironic about court musicians and their employers?
(a) The music will be remembered long after the politics of the time is forgotten.
(b) Rich people are mediocre.
(c) The music is forgettable because the Emperor will pass away.
(d) Everyone is mediocre and everything is a waste of time.

4. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?
(a) A rusty triangle.
(b) A tired crumhorn.
(c) A dusty oboe.
(d) A rusty squeezebox.

5. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?
(a) The atrium.
(b) The music room.
(c) The library.
(d) The ballroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Mozart to stop his silliness on this occasion?

2. Who wants the new comic opera to be in 'good plain German?'

3. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?

4. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?

5. What quality does Salieri say he requires in a wife?

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