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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) Constanze Mozart.
(d) A Venticello.

2. What is Mozart's response to Constanze's dancing?
(a) He grabs her and starts kissing her.
(b) He tells her to sit down and shut up.
(c) He picks her up and puts her to bed.
(d) He chases her around the room.

3. How does Mozart describe opera's importance?
(a) He says it is realer than any play.
(b) He says it will be remembered forever.
(c) He says it will be heard by God.
(d) He says it is safer than any play.

4. What does Salieri find a compensation for ghastly encounters at the Baroness's?
(a) The creative ideas that follow.
(b) His favorite crema al mascarpone.
(c) Eating eclairs in secret.
(d) Watching Mozart suffer.

5. 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 speak to the Emperor about the tutoring work with Princess Elizabeth.
(d) That he will help Mozart by re-writing the act.

6. Who is the Guilty Libertine Salieri refers to?
(a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
(b) Don Giovanni.
(c) Antonio Salieri himself.
(d) Leopold Mozart.

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) The royalty payments are higher than if only one person is singing.
(c) They are popular already, so they will find a ready audience.
(d) These give work to more musicians.

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

9. About whom does the Emperor make the comment: 'I daresay he can't do much harm'?
(a) The First Venticello.
(b) Count Von Strack.
(c) Herr Sommer.
(d) Count Orsini-Rosenberg.

10. Which famous composer calls Mozart's work 'unsurpassed'?
(a) Handel.
(b) Haydn.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Rossini.

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

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

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

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

15. What do we learn from Van Swieten about Mozart's activities?
(a) That he is considering joining the Freemansons.
(b) That he is going to visit Prague.
(c) That he has joined the Freemasons.
(d) That he has visited Salzburg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Salieri next meet Mozart?

3. What does Salieri recognize in Figaro's song 'Non piu andrai'?

4. What has happened to Leopold Mozart's letters?

5. Of what does Van Swieten accuse Mozart?

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