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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are the Mozarts cold?
(a) The building has no heating.
(b) They can't afford wood for a fire.
(c) They can't afford to connect the heating.
(d) The central heating boiler has failed.

3. What is Salieri's response to The Magic Flute?
(a) He is outraged at the use of Masonic ritual.
(b) He despises it for its jokes.
(c) He sees it as full of cleansing and peace.
(d) He doesn't understand it.

4. What does Van Swieten call a 'stupid, hopeless task?'
(a) Mending Mozart's vulgarity.
(b) Teaching Mozart table manners.
(c) Ensuring that Mozart finish commissioned work.
(d) Helping Mozart succeed.

5. Who writes an opera that is the talk of the city of Vienna, according to the Venticelli?
(a) Rossini.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Salieri.
(d) Richard Strauss.

6. What word describes Salieri's success and what he has bought with it?
(a) The adjective 'golden'--for opinions and the furniture that reflects his success.
(b) The word 'lavish' to connect praise and furnishings.
(c) 'Incomprenensible' to apply to his success and his wife's taste in furniture.
(d) 'Deliberate' for the way he has made things happen and the way he has decorated his house.

7. With news of his father's death, what aspects of himself does Mozart now reveal?
(a) His childishness and dependence.
(b) His vulverability and shame.
(c) His towering ego and indifference.
(d) His morbid tendencies and his hunger for money.

8. What did Mozart ask his father to do?
(a) Provide him with an endowment for his son.
(b) Mind his son while he was away in England.
(c) Mind his son while Constanze had a second baby.
(d) Provide him with an income.

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

10. How does Mozart react to news of his salary?
(a) With delight and gratitude.
(b) With delight.
(c) With disappointment and anger.
(d) With skepticism.

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

12. How is the Emperor likely to foil Salieri's plans?
(a) By offering to pay Mozart's rent.
(b) By offering Mozart a court position.
(c) By offering Mozart an apartment at the palace.
(d) By sending Salieri away to Italy.

13. In the staging of The Magic Flute described by Salieri, what does the sun represent?
(a) A cleansing fire, but one bringing forgiveness.
(b) A symbol of life and love.
(c) The Apprentice's Pillar.
(d) A god determined to judge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mozart receive a little help?

2. What wish of Salieri's is granted at this point?

3. Salieri's comments about the Viennese suggest they are . . .

4. How has Katharina Cavalieri changed since she was last seen?

5. How does Mozart describe opera's importance?

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