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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 does Salieri do, in his pain?
(a) He demands that Mozart stop playing immediately.
(b) He screams.
(c) He stuffs his ears so he cannot hear the music.
(d) He runs out into the street.

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

3. In what language does Salieri speak when he is excited, according to one of the Venticelli?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Italian
(d) Flemish.

4. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?
(a) Fifty-three years.
(b) Thirty-four years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Thirty-two years.

5. Who invites Salieri to join the Masons?
(a) Emperor Joseph II
(b) Baron Van Swieten.
(c) Count Rosenberg.
(d) Leopold Mozart.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what instrument does Mozart play Salieri's march?

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

3. Where does Salieri say he was born?

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

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

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