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

2. How does Mozart defend his work?
(a) He says it is full of proper German virtues.
(b) He says it is exciting.
(c) He tells the Emperor it is the best opera ever written in Europe.
(d) He says it is in German, so people will understand it.

3. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Seventy-two.

4. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?
(a) 'Celery' and 'assassin.'
(b) 'Mozart' and 'Beethoven.'
(c) 'Salieri' and 'assassin.'
(d) 'Salieri' and 'companion.'

5. What wicked vision does Salieri say he now has?
(a) He imagines himself poisoning Mozart.
(b) He imagines himself putting Mozart to the sword.
(c) He imagines himself seducing Mozart's Constanze.
(d) He sees Mozart chained to a rock for eternity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salieri do, in his pain?

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

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

4. What is Salieri's burning ambition at this time of his life?

5. How does Salieri refer to his servants?

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