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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 the Emperor's judgment of the opera.
(a) 'Too many costumes.'
(b) 'Too many songs.'
(c) 'Too many notes.'
(d) 'Too many high notes.'

2. What does Salieri say is the title of his last work?
(a) Orlando Furioso.
(b) The Death of the Bird.
(c) The Death of Mozart.
(d) The Death of Mediocrity.

3. Where is the opera's story set?
(a) In a grand mansion.
(b) In a harem.
(c) In a coffee shop.
(d) In a Masonic lodge.

4. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?
(a) A rusty triangle.
(b) A tired crumhorn.
(c) A dusty oboe.
(d) A rusty squeezebox.

5. What philosophic age does Salieri refer to in his first speech for this section of the play?
(a) The Age of Englightenment
(b) The Age of Modernism.
(c) The Platonic Age.
(d) The Age of the Feuilletons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who formally introduces Mozart and Salieri?

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

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

4. What does Constanze accuse her husband of doing?

5. What position is Mozart interested in applying for?

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