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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Salieri's occupation at this time?
(a) Court Musician.
(b) Court Composer.
(c) Court Conductor.
(d) Kappellmeister.

2. What relationship to Salieri is Katharina Cavalieri?
(a) She is his pupil and later his mistress.
(b) She is his illegitimate daughter.
(c) She is his patron and later his mistress.
(d) She is his half-sister and later his pupil.

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

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

5. What position is Mozart interested in applying for?
(a) Music teacher for Katharina Cavalieri.
(b) Music supervisor for the Emperor.
(c) Court Composer.
(d) Music teacher for the Princess Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?

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

3. What solo instrument sounds a single note?

4. What animal is Constanze imitating?

5. What excuse does Salieri offer for not himself trying some variations on the march of welcome?

(see the answer key)

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