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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salieri recognize in Figaro's song 'Non piu andrai'?
(a) A phrase from the Dies Irae.
(b) Salieri's own little 'March of Welcome'.
(c) Salieri's own overture to Semiramide.
(d) Mozart's variations on 'Twinkle, Little Star'.

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

3. Why does Orsini-Rosenberg object to The Marriage of Figaro?
(a) He claims it contains a ballet.
(b) The music is too ornate.
(c) He claims it is subversive.
(d) He calims it is obscene.

4. Salieri's comments about the Viennese suggest they are . . .
(a) Shallow.
(b) Tasteful.
(c) Devious.
(d) Cultured.

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

6. What makes Von Strack very cross?
(a) That Mozart has finished the opera very quickly.
(b) That Mozart's opera is already in rehearsal.
(c) That Salieri is after his position.
(d) That Salieri and Orsini-Rosenberg speak before him in Italian.

7. Why did Van Swieten attend the performance?
(a) Out of simple suriosity.
(b) Salieri suggested it.
(c) He'd heard gossip about it at the Masonic Lodge.
(d) The Emperor suggested it.

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

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

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

11. 'It celebrates . . . the goddess in Woman and not the laundress' is a reference to what>
(a) Drama.
(b) Opera.
(c) The Feast of the Annunciation.
(d) Lieder.

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

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

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

15. According to the Venticelli, how many pupils does Mozart have?
(a) No more than sixteen.
(b) Four at the most.
(c) Seven at the most.
(d) Six at the most.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new work is Mozart considering?

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

4. What desperate measure of Mozart's do the Venticelli inform Salieri about?

5. Why are the Mozarts cold?

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