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

2. Where has Mozart been living prior to his arrival in Vienna?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Prague.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Melk.

3. How does Salieri describe Mozart at the end of this scene?
(a) As an obscene child.
(b) As a naive child.
(c) As an obscene gypsy.
(d) As a heavenly presence.

4. Where does Salieri finally meet Mozart?
(a) At the Belvedere.
(b) At Baroness Waldstadten's.
(c) At the Imperial Palace.
(d) At the Statsoper.

5. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?
(a) Salieri.
(b) The Venticelli.
(c) Count Orsini-Rosenberg.
(d) Baron Van Swieten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?

2. What animal is Constanze imitating?

3. On what instrument does Mozart play Salieri's march?

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

5. What insight does Salieri experience when he hears 'Marten Aller Arten' being sung?

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