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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Salieri finally meet Mozart?
(a) At the Belvedere.
(b) At the Imperial Palace.
(c) At Baroness Waldstadten's.
(d) At the Statsoper.

3. How does Salieri get his hands on some of Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) He bribes a servant to steal them.
(b) He steals them.
(c) The Venticelli bring them to him.
(d) He buys them from a second-hand dealer.

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

5. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?
(a) Glinka.
(b) Glock.
(c) Gluck.
(d) Monteverdi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salieri refer to his servants?

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

3. How old was Mozart when the Emperor last met him?

4. What wicked vision does Salieri say he now has?

5. What family dynasty rules in Vienna?

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