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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Salieri cope with his insight into Mozart's talent?
(a) He throws himself into work.
(b) He composes an opera about it.
(c) He falls into depression.
(d) He complains to one of his committees.

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

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

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

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

6. What position is Mozart interested in applying for?
(a) Music teacher for Katharina Cavalieri.
(b) Music supervisor for the Emperor.
(c) Court Composer.
(d) Music teacher for the Princess Elizabeth.

7. What is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is indifferent.
(c) He is appalled.
(d) He thinks it is outrageously funny.

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

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

10. When Salieri left Italy, how old was Mozart?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Five.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Ten.

11. What is Salieri's occupation at this time?
(a) Court Musician.
(b) Kappellmeister.
(c) Court Conductor.
(d) Court Composer.

12. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?
(a) 'Salieri' and 'companion.'
(b) 'Salieri' and 'assassin.'
(c) 'Celery' and 'assassin.'
(d) 'Mozart' and 'Beethoven.'

13. What influences Mozart to make wildly tactless utterings at Bonno's house?
(a) Alcohol--he is drunk.
(b) He has been taking laudanum.
(c) He has been listening to Salieri's Venticelli.
(d) His arrogance.

14. What does Constanze accuse her husband of doing?
(a) Sleeping in every day and not doing any work to earn them money.
(b) Sleeping with all his female pupils.
(c) Having an affair with the Princess Elizabeth.
(d) Sleeping with Katharina Cavalieri.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Salieri to join the Masons?

2. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?

3. What is holding up Wolfgang's and Constanze's marriage?

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

5. Where does Salieri finally meet Mozart?

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