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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. How does Salieri feel after examining Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) Reasuured because all of them are quite ordinary.
(b) Amused because Mozart is not as clever as he thought.
(c) Humbled in face of Mozart's huge talent.
(d) Excited at the new talent in Austria.

2. Where is Salieri hidden?
(a) Under a trestle table.
(b) Behind the door.
(c) Behind an arras.
(d) In a wing-backed chair.

3. What relationship to Salieri is Katharina Cavalieri?
(a) She is his patron and later his mistress.
(b) She is his pupil and later his mistress.
(c) She is his illegitimate daughter.
(d) She is his half-sister and later his pupil.

4. Who wants the new comic opera to be in 'good plain German?'
(a) The Emperor.
(b) Salieri.
(c) Leopold Mozart.
(d) Rosenberg.

5. What causes Mozart to stop his silliness on this occasion?
(a) The mention of his father.
(b) The idea for some new music.
(c) Constanze's annoyance.
(d) Respect for the Baroness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?

3. What does Salieri say is the effect of the slowness in the music?

4. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?

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

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