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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is ironic about court musicians and their employers?
(a) The music will be remembered long after the politics of the time is forgotten.
(b) Rich people are mediocre.
(c) Everyone is mediocre and everything is a waste of time.
(d) The music is forgettable because the Emperor will pass away.

2. What is the tone of Salieri's comment that 'Our religion' is largely based on waxworks?
(a) Soppy.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Serious.
(d) Sweet.

3. What works has Mozart written during the same time?
(a) Keyboard concerti and the string quartets.
(b) The opera Guilio Cesere.
(c) Music for the popular theatre.
(d) Only two violin concerti.

4. What do we learn from Van Swieten about Mozart's activities?
(a) That he has joined the Freemasons.
(b) That he is considering joining the Freemansons.
(c) That he has visited Salzburg.
(d) That he is going to visit Prague.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other virtue does Salieri relinquish?

2. What is the Emperor's judgment of the opera.

3. Which composer wrote the opera Semiramide performed in Munich?

4. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?

5. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?

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