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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. How had Mozart disobeyed his father?
(a) By working for the Emperor.
(b) By leaving Salzburg.
(c) By composing The Abduction from the Seraglio.
(d) By marrying against his advice.

2. What makes Von Strack very cross?
(a) That Mozart has finished the opera very quickly.
(b) That Mozart's opera is already in rehearsal.
(c) That Salieri is after his position.
(d) That Salieri and Orsini-Rosenberg speak before him in Italian.

3. What kind of work has the Emperor commissioned Mozart to write?
(a) A string quartet.
(b) A concerto.
(c) An opera.
(d) A symphony.

4. What event has taken place in the Mozart household?
(a) Their servant has had a baby boy.
(b) A baby son has been born.
(c) A baby daughter has been born.
(d) Leopold Mozart has come to live with Wolfgang and Constanze.

5. What does Salieri say is the title of his last work?
(a) The Death of Mediocrity.
(b) The Death of Mozart.
(c) The Death of the Bird.
(d) Orlando Furioso.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who invites Salieri to join the Masons?

3. What does Mozart disclose to Salieri at the beginning of the next scene?

4. To which character does Salieri give the name La Statua?

5. What does Salieri feel he needs to make his 'last audience' appear?

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