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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Mozart, what is the outcome of his work for Schikaneder?
(a) There is talk of a further opera to be written.
(b) He gains nothing except money to buy alcohol.
(c) He gains nothing.
(d) He gains a little, but insufficient to cover his debts.

2. What does Mozart disclose to Salieri at the beginning of the next scene?
(a) That he has been commissioned to write a Mass.
(b) That he is doing badly--no money and no prospect of earning any.
(c) That he is ill and worried about money.
(d) That he has a new idea for an operatic piece.

3. Who does Salieri claim is the inspiration for the Ghost in Don Giovanni?
(a) Old Papa Haydn.
(b) Chris Gluck.
(c) God.
(d) Leopold Mozart.

4. Despite being unable to block the production, how does Salieri feel at the first performance of Figaro?
(a) Strange and light-headed.
(b) Strangely exhilerated.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Strangely excited.

5. Which character has been deeply upset by Mozart's desperate behavior?
(a) Van Swieten.
(b) Salieri.
(c) The Emperor Joseph II.
(d) The Baroness.

6. How has Salieri's career progressed?
(a) He is successful, seen as a superior composer to Mozart.
(b) He writes smash hit operas and becomes exceedingly rich and famous.
(c) He works hard, writes one hit, then loses favor to Mozart.
(d) He works hard and has some success.

7. Why is Mozart so enthusiastic about vocal quartets?
(a) These allow audiences to hear from four different characters in the same moments of time.
(b) These give work to more musicians.
(c) The royalty payments are higher than if only one person is singing.
(d) They are popular already, so they will find a ready audience.

8. What is Mozart's response when the figure (Salieri) beckons under his window?
(a) He calls down a quotation from Don Giovanni--where the Don invites the Statue to dinner.
(b) He laughs crazily and almost falls from the window.
(c) He hums Eine Kleine Nachtsmusik and beckons the figure in return.
(d) He sings part of The Catalogue Song from Don Giovanni.

9. What does Salieri do when he looks over the manuscript for the Requiem Mass?
(a) He puts it in the bin.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He pours ink all over it.
(d) He tears it up.

10. What does Salieri notice about Mozart during the applause for the opera?
(a) That he is disappointed in the staging.
(b) His shabby clothes.
(c) His frailty and mortality.
(d) His drunken state.

11. Who is Schikaneder?
(a) A good friend of the Emperor's and a Lodge member.
(b) An out-of-work opera singer.
(c) An out-of-work actor.
(d) An actor who owns a small theater in the suburbs.

12. Who does Mozart blame for his disappoint in the matter of Princess Elizabeth?
(a) His father.
(b) Salieri.
(c) Himself.
(d) Constanze.

13. What is it that Mozart intends to adapt and include in his vaudeville opera?
(a) Secrets of Dionysus
(b) Obscure Catholic rituals.
(c) Secret Masonic rituals.
(d) A Requiem Mass.

14. What does Constanze's return to Salieri show us?
(a) That she is prepared to make a great sacrifice for the husband she loves.
(b) That she is a sex addict.
(c) That she is a loose and dishonorable woman.
(d) That Salieri is compellingly attractive to women.

15. What desperate measure of Mozart's do the Venticelli inform Salieri about?
(a) His begging money from the Masons.
(b) His begging in the streets of Vienna.
(c) His pawning his wife's jewelery.
(d) His betting his coat at a card game.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mozart dislike operas about lofty individuals and ancient heroes?

2. How does Mozart receive a little help?

3. What does Salieri find distasteful about the audience?

4. What other virtue does Salieri relinquish?

5. Who pays for Mozart's funeral?

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