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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Salieri say he was born?
(a) Northern Italy.
(b) Northern Hispaniola.
(c) Sardinia.
(d) Southern Italy.

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

4. What is holding up Wolfgang's and Constanze's marriage?
(a) They are awaiting Leopold Mozart's permission.
(b) They are trying to find a good apartment to rent.
(c) They are still saving up for the reception.
(d) They are awaiting the Emperor's permission.

5. What relationship to Salieri is Katharina Cavalieri?
(a) She is his illegitimate daughter.
(b) She is his pupil and later his mistress.
(c) She is his patron and later his mistress.
(d) She is his half-sister and later his pupil.

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

7. What does the Emperor say would be fun?
(a) A competition between Mozart and Haydn.
(b) A competition between Mozart and some other virtuoso.
(c) Fetes and fireworks in the courtyard.
(d) A comic opera by Mozart.

8. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?
(a) Its intense beauty.
(b) The number of notes--there are too many to follow.
(c) Its frequent strange modulations.
(d) Its discord and atonality.

9. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?
(a) He is in awe of them.
(b) He finds them adorable.
(c) He finds them hateful.
(d) He is jealous of them.

10. 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.

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

12. Who picks the child Mozart up after his fall?
(a) No-one.
(b) Marie Antionette.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Emperor's mother.

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

14. Which character receives a kiss from Salieri?
(a) His wife.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Constanze Weber.
(d) Katharina Cavalieri.

15. How does the audience react to the opera's finale?
(a) With boos and catcalls.
(b) With great applause.
(c) With great disgust.
(d) With polite applause.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Mozart insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?

3. Who formally introduces Mozart and Salieri?

4. What influences Mozart to make wildly tactless utterings at Bonno's house?

5. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?

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