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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. Who picks the child Mozart up after his fall?
(a) The Emperor's mother.
(b) His mother.
(c) No-one.
(d) Marie Antionette.

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

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

4. What animal is Constanze imitating?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A pussy-cat.
(c) A furry puppy.
(d) A vole.

5. Where is the opera's story set?
(a) In a harem.
(b) In a coffee shop.
(c) In a Masonic lodge.
(d) In a grand mansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Salieri left Italy, how old was Mozart?

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

3. What relationship to Salieri is Katharina Cavalieri?

4. Who wants the new comic opera to be in 'good plain German?'

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

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