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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 is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?
(a) He is appalled.
(b) He thinks it is outrageously funny.
(c) He is indifferent.
(d) He is angry.

2. What family dynasty rules in Vienna?
(a) The Hapsburgs.
(b) The Bourbons.
(c) The Hollsteins.
(d) The Bonbons.

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

4. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?
(a) He finds them hateful.
(b) He finds them adorable.
(c) He is jealous of them.
(d) He is in awe of them.

5. What does Salieri feel he needs to make his 'last audience' appear?
(a) An imbrocation.
(b) A salutation.
(c) A circumlocution.
(d) An invocation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Salieri find out that Mozart has arrived in Vienna?

3. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?

4. Who is the lead singer Mozart has engaged?

5. Where is the opera's story set?

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