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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. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?
(a) The music room.
(b) The library.
(c) The ballroom.
(d) The atrium.

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

3. What was Salieri's home town?
(a) Lingardo.
(b) Lumbago.
(c) Lombardy.
(d) Legnago.

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

5. Who picks the child Mozart up after his fall?
(a) The Emperor's mother.
(b) No-one.
(c) Marie Antionette.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Salieri's servants?

2. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?

3. How old was Mozart when the Emperor last met him?

4. How did Salieri's family feel about the Austrian Empire?

5. Into which well-known piece does Mozart transform Salieri's march of welcome?

(see the answer key)

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