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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) The number of notes--there are too many to follow.
(b) Its frequent strange modulations.
(c) Its discord and atonality.
(d) Its intense beauty.

2. How does Salieri refer to his servants?
(a) As The Keeper of the Razor and The Maker of the Cakes.
(b) As the Kappellmeister's Baker and The Keeper of the Salt.
(c) As The Keeper of the Purse and The Maker of the Cakes.
(d) As The gossiping Ventrecelli.

3. What surprises Salieri's servants?
(a) His declaration that he will not go to bed that night.
(b) That he is sick of eating cakes.
(c) That he will eat cakes in bed that night.
(d) That he will shave himself in future.

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

5. How does Salieri describe Mozart at the end of this scene?
(a) As a heavenly presence.
(b) As a naive child.
(c) As an obscene child.
(d) As an obscene gypsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salieri feel he needs to make his 'last audience' appear?

2. Which is Salieri's favorite sweet indulgence?

3. How does Salieri get his hands on some of Mozart's manuscripts?

4. What does Salieri say is the title of his last work?

5. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?

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