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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 words are whispered at the beginning of the play?
(a) 'Mozart' and 'Beethoven.'
(b) 'Salieri' and 'companion.'
(c) 'Celery' and 'assassin.'
(d) 'Salieri' and 'assassin.'

2. What is meant by the words 'one must avoid music that smells of music'?
(a) Music should not be too showy.
(b) Wind musicians should clean their instruments regularly.
(c) Only new music should be played, not works that have been on library shelves for years.
(d) Music must be avoided if it is too passionate.

3. How does Mozart defend his work?
(a) He tells the Emperor it is the best opera ever written in Europe.
(b) He says it is exciting.
(c) He says it is full of proper German virtues.
(d) He says it is in German, so people will understand it.

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

5. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?
(a) Glock.
(b) Gluck.
(c) Glinka.
(d) Monteverdi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?

2. How does the audience react to the opera's finale?

3. What is Salieri's occupation at this time?

4. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?

5. What was Salieri's home town?

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