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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. Who is the lead singer Mozart has engaged?
(a) Constanze Weber.
(b) Salieri's pupil Katharina Cavalieri.
(c) Rosa Ponselle.
(d) Salieri's wife Theresa.
2. How could Constanze secure for husband the job of tutor to Princess Elizabeth?
(a) By sleeping with Salieri.
(b) By bribing Salieri.
(c) By sleeping with Count Rosenberg.
(d) By sending Mozart's CV to Count Rosenberg, along with a bribe.
3. How does Mozart defend his work?
(a) He says it is in German, so people will understand it.
(b) He says it is full of proper German virtues.
(c) He says it is exciting.
(d) He tells the Emperor it is the best opera ever written in Europe.
4. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?
(a) Nineteenth century citizens of Verona.
(b) Eighteenth century citizens of Vienna.
(c) Salieri's cousins and nineteenth century neighbors.
(d) Nineteenth century citizens of Venezia.
5. What insight does Salieri experience when he hears 'Marten Aller Arten' being sung?
(a) He understands that the soprano is flighty.
(b) He understands that Mozart has had sex with the singer.
(c) He understands that this is just how music ought to be written.
(d) He understands religious ecstasy.
Short Answer Questions
1. About whom does the Emperor make the comment: 'I daresay he can't do much harm'?
2. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?
3. What animal is Constanze imitating?
4. What influences Mozart to make wildly tactless utterings at Bonno's house?
5. What is the effect of the dancers moving in total silence?
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