Amadeus Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Amadeus Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salieri say is the effect of the slowness in the music?
(a) Opulence.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Patience.
(d) Serenity.

2. What is Salieri's burning ambition at this time of his life?
(a) To become the Court Composer.
(b) To write the perfect opera.
(c) To have seven sons, all musicians.
(d) To become First Royal Kapellmeister.

3. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?
(a) He buys them dinner.
(b) He gets them jobs at the palace.
(c) He gives them cakes.
(d) He gives them money.

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

5. Where does Salieri finally meet Mozart?
(a) At the Belvedere.
(b) At Baroness Waldstadten's.
(c) At the Statsoper.
(d) At the Imperial Palace.

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

7. On what instrument does Mozart play Salieri's march?
(a) A pianoforte.
(b) A fortepiano.
(c) A harpsichord.
(d) A dulcimer.

8. 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 the Feuilletons.
(c) The Platonic Age.
(d) The Age of Modernism.

9. How does Salieri get his hands on some of Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) The Venticelli bring them to him.
(b) He buys them from a second-hand dealer.
(c) He bribes a servant to steal them.
(d) He steals them.

10. What does Salieri do, in his pain?
(a) He stuffs his ears so he cannot hear the music.
(b) He demands that Mozart stop playing immediately.
(c) He screams.
(d) He runs out into the street.

11. What does Mozart intend to do in Vienna?
(a) Kiss the Emperor's hand.
(b) Apply for Salieri's job.
(c) Hide from his father.
(d) Give concerts.

12. What quality does Salieri say he requires in a wife?
(a) Lack of fire.
(b) Feistiness.
(c) Ability to bear children.
(d) Musical talent.

13. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A cat.
(d) A fox.

14. Where has Mozart been living prior to his arrival in Vienna?
(a) Prague.
(b) Salzburg.
(c) Melk.
(d) Bonn.

15. In what language does Salieri speak when he is excited, according to one of the Venticelli?
(a) Italian
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) Flemish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mozart's reaction to Constanze's game with the Venticelli?

2. How does Salieri feel after examining Mozart's manuscripts?

3. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?

4. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?

5. What is meant by the words 'one must avoid music that smells of music'?

(see the answer keys)

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