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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Salieri speaks of 'the Creature,' to whom is he referring?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) Mozart.
(c) A Venticello.
(d) Constanze Mozart.

2. Who does Constanze blame for the Mozarts' present plight?
(a) Salieri.
(b) Her father-in-law, Leopold.
(c) Her unborn baby.
(d) Her husband, Wolfgang.

3. Music from which of Mozart's operas is played as Salieri muses during the transition between scenes?
(a) The Magic Flute.
(b) Idomeneo.
(c) Cosi Fan Tutte.
(d) Florestan.

4. Where does Salieri next meet Mozart?
(a) In a Vienna street.
(b) In the Emperor's music room.
(c) In a Venetian street.
(d) At the Baroness's house.

5. What is frightening Constanze?
(a) Having a second baby.
(b) Mozart and the story of his dream.
(c) Their poverty.
(d) The possibility of Mozart being expelled from the Masonic Lodge.

6. Of what does Van Swieten accuse Mozart?
(a) Of betraying the Masonic Lodge and vulgarizing its rituals.
(b) Of betraying his wife with a vulgar woman.
(c) Of betraying Austria through Masonic rituals.
(d) Of betraying Salieri by sleeping with his mistress.

7. How does Salieri dress in order to frighten Mozart?
(a) In a part-colored clown suit.
(b) In a black cloak and gray mask.
(c) As a Janus figure in a green cloak.
(d) In a gray cloak and mask.

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

9. What suggestion does Salieri make to Mozart?
(a) That it should be about Egyptians.
(b) That he put the Masons into it.
(c) That it should be about brotherly love.
(d) That he write a sequel to Seraglio.

10. What new work is Mozart considering?
(a) A Vaudeville for ordinary German people.
(b) A Requiem Mass for Schikaneder.
(c) A new comic opera for the Emperor.
(d) A grand opera for ordinary German people.

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

12. For what reason does Mozart reject the idea of giving more concerts?
(a) He says he has arthritic pain in his fingers.
(b) He says he can't afford to rent a hall.
(c) He says he is no longer fashionable.
(d) He says he has lost his gifts as a virtuoso.

13. How has Katharina Cavalieri changed since she was last seen?
(a) She is better dressed.
(b) She now has many wrinkles.
(c) She is thin and has dyed her hair.
(d) She is sluttish and over-ornamented.

14. What promise to Mozart does Salieri fail to honor?
(a) That he will speak to the Emperor about attending a rehearsal.
(b) That he will speak to the Emperor about the tutoring work with Princess Elizabeth.
(c) That he will explain the mistake to Orsini-Rosenberg.
(d) That he will help Mozart by re-writing the act.

15. What does Constanze suggest might cure her husband's bad dreams?
(a) Laudanum.
(b) A better house.
(c) A visit to the spa.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mozart react to news of his salary?

2. 'It celebrates . . . the goddess in Woman and not the laundress' is a reference to what>

3. What is the tone of Salieri's comment that 'Our religion' is largely based on waxworks?

4. What explanation does Salieri give the Emporer for not choosing Mozart as the Princess Elizabeth's music tutor?

5. What event has taken place in the Mozart household?

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