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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What animal is Constanze imitating?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A furry puppy.
(c) A pussy-cat.
(d) A vole.

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

4. Which notable woman is the Emperor's sister?
(a) Marie Ste Juste.
(b) Marie Antionette.
(c) Marie Curie.
(d) Maria Theresa.

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

6. How is the Venticelli's speech described?
(a) They shout loudly.
(b) They speak in tongues.
(c) They are said to be laconic.
(d) They speak urgently, rapidly.

7. What solo instrument sounds a single note?
(a) A crumhorn.
(b) An oboe.
(c) An organ.
(d) A viola.

8. 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.

9. Who presently holds the position Salieri covets?
(a) Count Von Oslo.
(b) Giuseppe Bonno.
(c) Louis Van Beethoven.
(d) Count Von Strack.

10. How does Mozart defend his work?
(a) He says it is full of proper German virtues.
(b) He tells the Emperor it is the best opera ever written in Europe.
(c) He says it is exciting.
(d) He says it is in German, so people will understand it.

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

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

13. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?
(a) The Abduction from the Seraglio.
(b) La Cenerentola.
(c) Don Giovanni.
(d) Cosi Fan Tutte.

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

15. What is the Emperor's judgment of the opera.
(a) 'Too many songs.'
(b) 'Too many high notes.'
(c) 'Too many notes.'
(d) 'Too many costumes.'

Short Answer Questions

1. How could Constanze secure for husband the job of tutor to Princess Elizabeth?

2. What philosophic age does Salieri refer to in his first speech for this section of the play?

3. How did Salieri's family feel about the Austrian Empire?

4. Salieri describes the opera's music as an excellent match for what?

5. What does Salieri say is the effect of the slowness in the music?

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