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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What solo instrument sounds a single note?
(a) A viola.
(b) An organ.
(c) An oboe.
(d) A crumhorn.

2. How does Salieri describe Mozart at the end of this scene?
(a) As an obscene gypsy.
(b) As an obscene child.
(c) As a heavenly presence.
(d) As a naive child.

3. What is the effect of the dancers moving in total silence?
(a) Tense drama.
(b) Absurdity.
(c) Tastefulness.
(d) Melancholy.

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

5. Who is the lead singer Mozart has engaged?
(a) Salieri's wife Theresa.
(b) Constanze Weber.
(c) Rosa Ponselle.
(d) Salieri's pupil Katharina Cavalieri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite being unable to block the production, how does Salieri feel at the first performance of Figaro?

2. What is holding up Wolfgang's and Constanze's marriage?

3. What word describes Salieri's success and what he has bought with it?

4. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?

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

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