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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is meant by the words 'one must avoid music that smells of music'?
(a) Music must be avoided if it is too passionate.
(b) Music should not be too showy.
(c) Only new music should be played, not works that have been on library shelves for years.
(d) Wind musicians should clean their instruments regularly.

6. What word does Mozart use to describe the singer he has engaged to play the lead in his opera?
(a) Excessively beautiful.
(b) Exquisite.
(c) Extra talented.
(d) Extroverted.

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

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

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

10. What is ironic about court musicians and their employers?
(a) Rich people are mediocre.
(b) Everyone is mediocre and everything is a waste of time.
(c) The music is forgettable because the Emperor will pass away.
(d) The music will be remembered long after the politics of the time is forgotten.

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

12. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Seventy-two.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Eighty.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is Constanze imitating?

2. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?

3. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?

4. What wicked vision does Salieri say he now has?

5. How old was Mozart when the Emperor last met him?

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