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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 steals them.
(d) He bribes a servant to steal them.

3. How does Mozart insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?
(a) He tells him he looks like a turd.
(b) He tells him he looks like a toad.
(c) He makes an obscene gesture and laughs.
(d) He tells him he is fat as a toad.

4. How does Salieri describe 'Marten Aller Arten'?
(a) He describes it as having too many notes.
(b) He describes it as astoundingly beautiful.
(c) He describes it as the showiest aria he has ever heard.
(d) He describes it as the most banal aria he has ever heard.

5. Where is Salieri hidden?
(a) Under a trestle table.
(b) Behind the door.
(c) In a wing-backed chair.
(d) Behind an arras.

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

7. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?
(a) To recognise his music.
(b) To intercede for him with the saints.
(c) To be his confessors.
(d) To praise his music.

8. How does Salieri intend to adapt the Legend of Danaius?
(a) As a comic opera in six acts.
(b) As a huge tragic opera.
(c) As a chamber opera for four voices and a crumhorn.
(d) As a huge choral symphony.

9. Why is a party being held at Baroness Waldstadten's?
(a) To celebrate New Year's Eve.
(b) To celebrate the Emperor's birthday.
(c) To celebrate Salieri's birthday.
(d) To celebrate the Feast of the Assumption.

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

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

12. How does Mozart react when the Major-Domo enters?
(a) He is excited and full of anticipation.
(b) He is embarrassed.
(c) He is annoyed.
(d) He is happy.

13. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?
(a) Thirty-two years.
(b) Fifty-three years.
(c) Thirty-four years.
(d) Thirty years.

14. Where is the opera's story set?
(a) In a grand mansion.
(b) In a harem.
(c) In a Masonic lodge.
(d) In a coffee shop.

15. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?
(a) The Venticelli.
(b) Salieri.
(c) Count Orsini-Rosenberg.
(d) Baron Van Swieten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?

2. What is the Emperor's judgment of the opera.

3. How does the audience react to the opera's finale?

4. What kind of work has the Emperor commissioned Mozart to write?

5. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?

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