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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. Who wants the new comic opera to be in 'good plain German?'
(a) The Emperor.
(b) Salieri.
(c) Leopold Mozart.
(d) Rosenberg.

2. How does Mozart insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?
(a) He tells him he looks like a toad.
(b) He tells him he looks like a turd.
(c) He makes an obscene gesture and laughs.
(d) He tells him he is fat as a toad.

3. Into which well-known piece does Mozart transform Salieri's march of welcome?
(a) The Finale from The Abduction From the Seraglio.
(b) The march from The Marriage of Figaro.
(c) The Grand March from Aida.
(d) The Entry of the Gods into Valhalla.

4. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?
(a) To praise his music.
(b) To intercede for him with the saints.
(c) To be his confessors.
(d) To recognise his music.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mozart intend to do in Vienna?

2. What caused Mozart's death, according to the Venticelli?

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

4. In what language does Salieri speak when he is excited, according to one of the Venticelli?

5. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?

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