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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could Constanze secure for husband the job of tutor to Princess Elizabeth?
(a) By sleeping with Salieri.
(b) By sleeping with Count Rosenberg.
(c) By sending Mozart's CV to Count Rosenberg, along with a bribe.
(d) By bribing Salieri.

2. How has Salieri's career progressed?
(a) He works hard, writes one hit, then loses favor to Mozart.
(b) He works hard and has some success.
(c) He writes smash hit operas and becomes exceedingly rich and famous.
(d) He is successful, seen as a superior composer to Mozart.

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

4. How did Salieri's family feel about the Austrian Empire?
(a) They thought it gave them prestige in Europe.
(b) They fought against it at the Battle of Lumbago.
(c) They were happy to be its subjects.
(d) They tolerated it but longed for Italy's unification.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salieri dress in order to frighten Mozart?

2. Who presently holds the position Salieri covets?

3. What does Salieri find a compensation for ghastly encounters at the Baroness's?

4. When did Mozart first travel to London?

5. What does Salieri recognize in Figaro's song 'Non piu andrai'?

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