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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 reward his Venticelli?
(a) He gives them cakes.
(b) He gives them money.
(c) He buys them dinner.
(d) He gets them jobs at the palace.

2. How does Salieri cope with his insight into Mozart's talent?
(a) He throws himself into work.
(b) He complains to one of his committees.
(c) He composes an opera about it.
(d) He falls into depression.

3. What solo instrument sounds a single note?
(a) An organ.
(b) A crumhorn.
(c) A viola.
(d) An oboe.

4. How does Salieri refer to his servants?
(a) As The Keeper of the Purse and The Maker of the Cakes.
(b) As The Keeper of the Razor and The Maker of the Cakes.
(c) As The gossiping Ventrecelli.
(d) As the Kappellmeister's Baker and The Keeper of the Salt.

5. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?
(a) Its discord and atonality.
(b) Its intense beauty.
(c) Its frequent strange modulations.
(d) The number of notes--there are too many to follow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Venticelli's speech described?

2. How does Salieri feel after examining Mozart's manuscripts?

3. What nationality is Katharina Cavalieri?

4. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?

5. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?

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