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

2. What does Salieri say is the effect of the slowness in the music?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Opulence.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Patience.

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

4. What does Constanze accuse her husband of doing?
(a) Sleeping in every day and not doing any work to earn them money.
(b) Having an affair with the Princess Elizabeth.
(c) Sleeping with all his female pupils.
(d) Sleeping with Katharina Cavalieri.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Emperor say would be fun?

2. Why is a party being held at Baroness Waldstadten's?

3. How is the Venticelli's speech described?

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

5. What is Baron Van Swieten's nickname?

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