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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 the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Thirty-four years.
(c) Thirty-two years.
(d) Fifty-three years.

2. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?
(a) The number of notes--there are too many to follow.
(b) Its discord and atonality.
(c) Its frequent strange modulations.
(d) Its intense beauty.

3. What surprises Salieri's servants?
(a) That he will eat cakes in bed that night.
(b) His declaration that he will not go to bed that night.
(c) That he is sick of eating cakes.
(d) That he will shave himself in future.

4. How could Constanze secure for husband the job of tutor to Princess Elizabeth?
(a) By sending Mozart's CV to Count Rosenberg, along with a bribe.
(b) By sleeping with Salieri.
(c) By sleeping with Count Rosenberg.
(d) By bribing Salieri.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?

2. Which is Salieri's favorite sweet indulgence?

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

4. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?

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

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