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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 find out that Mozart has arrived in Vienna?
(a) The Venticelli tell him.
(b) Count Rosenberg tells him.
(c) His wife tells him.
(d) The Emperor tells him.

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

3. How does Mozart react when the Major-Domo enters?
(a) He is excited and full of anticipation.
(b) He is annoyed.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is embarrassed.

4. How is the Venticelli's speech described?
(a) They are said to be laconic.
(b) They speak in tongues.
(c) They shout loudly.
(d) They speak urgently, rapidly.

5. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?
(a) He finds it is angelic, heavenly.
(b) He believes it has the power to charm birds and animals.
(c) He believes it is revolutionary in its atonal structure.
(d) He believes it is like the voice of God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Salieri hidden?

3. Who picks the child Mozart up after his fall?

4. What animal is Constanze imitating?

5. Who presently holds the position Salieri covets?

(see the answer key)

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